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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) – My parents met in Spain. My mother was stationed at Torrejón Air Base and my father had been travelling around Europe since leaving the Army. After my mom got out of the Air Force, they lived in Spain for a while before travelling to other parts of Europe and then … Continue reading →
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Manhattan (1979) – Paragraph 1: I’ve always been in love with New York. Wait, no that’s too derivative, let me start over. Paragraph 1: In cinema New York captivates the imagination by being emblematic of… no, this is already getting way too pretentious. This is just a movie blog, for Christ’s sake. Paragraph 1: Of … Continue reading →
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Midnight in Paris (2011) – Do you ever see stuff about like the free love revolution in the 1960s and think “damn, it would be great to be around then?” You’re not thinking about the details, like how everyone probably smelled and the “free love” in question was generally unprotected so herpes was probably everywhere. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Cabaret (1972) – So if any of you know me personally (or have clicked on the “About” page on this very website) you will know that I’m an actor. This has thus far extended only to speaking as opposed to singing but after a musical theatre class (and a couple years as a karaoke superstar) … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Django Unchained (2012) – There is a musician that performs under the name Girl Talk. What he does is creates new songs composed entirely of samples of other songs. Yet what he creates manages to be something new. Quentin Tarantino is one hundred percent the cinematic version of that and, as Entourage pointed out, “Tarantino … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) – Sergio Corbucci’s Django is one of the classics of the spaghetti western genre. It’s been hailed for its style and brutality and its enigmatic main character. More than thirty unofficial sequels and spin-offs and homages have been made to it. I have seen next to none of them, but I … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
Django (1966) – The American West. It’s been endlessly romanticized in film, with the likes of John Wayne and Gary Cooper showing us how men should act. It’s American as apple pie. Truthfully, the legend of the Old West like so many other parts of American history was written in blood. The Italians (perhaps being … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Guilt Trip (2012) – So it’s Christmas Day, as some of you may have noticed. My family goes to the movies pretty much every Christmas. A lot of families do, I know. Anyway the studios know this so a bunch of big movies open on Christmas Day. This year there’s Quentin Tarantino’s new slavery-era … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) – I don’t need to tell you that times are hard. We’re slowly crawling our way out of a severe economic hardship and the people who could help seem more devoted to a culture war. Still I feel that for everything wrong in the world most people are just trying … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Cloud Atlas (2012) – Okay, let’s get one thing out of the way: I will always support a movie like this whether I love it or hate it or anywhere in between. What do I mean by “a movie like this?” Well, sometimes there’s a film-maker who creates something that in addition to be very … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 