Posted by moviegeek916 on July 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Braveheart (1995) – Every time a new Roman Polanski movie opens it typically get lavished with praise from film critics but there is always an outcry of “how can you celebrate the work of a convicted child rapist?” The same happens for Victor Salva. Even for film-makers like Woody Allen and Bryan Singer, who have … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Best · Tagged with 1995, Angus Macfadyen, Apocalypto, Braveheart, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Cox, Bryan Singer, Catherine McCormack, David O'Hara, Isabella of France, James Cosmo, James Robinson, King Edward I of England, King Edward II of England, King Robert I of Scotland, Machete Kills, Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Hanly, Peter Mullan, Roman Polanski, Sandy Nelson, Sean Lawlor, Sophie Marceau, The Expendables 3, Tommy Flanagan, true story, Victor Salva, William Wallace, Woody Allen
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) – What is love? (Baby, don’t hurt me… don’t hurt me no more…) Seriously, though. We’re not sexually monogamous by nature, but we pair up with other people exclusively anyway. Also if you really think about it, every relationship you have ever been in or are in or … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Best · Tagged with "Everlong", "Fell in Love with a Girl", "The Hardest Button to Button", 2004, adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Charlie Kaufman, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, David Cross, Elijah Wood, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Foo Fighters, Garden State, Human Nature, Jane Adams, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Maniac, manic pixie dream girl, Mark Ruffalo, Melancholia, Michel Gondry, Sin City, Synecdoche New York, The Lord of the Rings, The White Stripes, Tom Wilkinson
Posted by moviegeek916 on June 26, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Aliens (1986) – Sequels suck, or so they say. I personally believe that blanket statements are always wrong. ALWAYS. (See what I did there?) Obviously, everyone can come up with exceptions to the “sequels suck” rule. The Godfather Part II won the Academy Award for Best Picture and is considered by many (yours truly included) … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Best · Tagged with 1986, Al Matthews, Alien, aliens, Avatar, Before Sunset, Bill Paxton, Carrie Henn, Colette Hiller, Cynthia Dale Scott, Director's Cut, James Cameron, Jenette Goldstein, Lance Henriksen, Manhunter, Mark Rolston, Michael Biehn, Neil LaBute, Paul Reiser, Reasons to Be Happy, Ricco Ross, Richard Linklater, sequel, Sigourney Weaver, Stan Winston, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Godfather Part II, The Silence of the Lambs, William Hope
Posted by moviegeek916 on June 24, 2014 · 1 Comment
Half Nelson (2006) – I remember I met a girl once who, a year or so after Pirates of the Caribbean, said she would see any movie that Johnny Depp was in. Actually I met a lot of girls like that. The Libertine came out shortly thereafter. I don’t think any of those girls saw … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Best · Tagged with 2006, Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, Anna Boden, Anthony Mackie, Blue Valentine, Broken Social Scene, Collins Pennie, Crazy Stupid Love, Drive, Forrest Whitaker, Gangster Squad, Half Nelson, It's Kind of a Funny Story, Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Ryan Fleck, Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Sugar, The Last King of Scotland, The Libertine, The Notebook, Transcendence
Posted by moviegeek916 on June 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) – Stephen King has a program where film students can adapt one of his short stories (NOT his novels or novellas) for only a dollar, provided they send him a copy of the film. King declares that the best of these was The Woman in the Room. It’s not a horror … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Best · Tagged with 1994, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Apt Pupil, Bob Gunton, Bryan Singer, Citizen Kane, Clancy Brown, Different Seasons, Frank Darabont, James Whitmore, Jean Renoir, Mark Rolston, Mob City, Morgan Freeman, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Rob Reiner, Roger Deakins, Stand By Me, Stephen King, The Blob, The Body, The Fly II, The Godfather, The Green Mile, The Majestic, The Rules of the Game, The Shawshank Redemption, The Walking Dead, The Woman in the Room, Thomas Newman, Tim Robbins
Posted by moviegeek916 on June 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Alien (1979) – So Starfleet is a pretty cool idea. I mean a sort of egalitarian organization that goes around exploring and keeping the peace. That’s part of the utopian vision of Star Trek. (Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek, anyway, I don’t know so much about J.J. Abrams’s…) A lot of space-set science fiction tends to … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on June 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang(2005) – Amidst the various Jason Friedberg/Aaron Seltzer monstrosities we see nowadays that pass for parody (Any movie with a [Genre] Movie title and a couple others) it’s easy to forget there is such a thing as AFFECTIONATE parody. Something that aims to deconstruct, while as the same time pay loving homage … Continue reading →
Category Film, Old Facebook Minireviews, Reviews, The Best · Tagged with 2005, A Scanner Darkly, Aaron Seltzer, Ally McBeal, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok, Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Jason Friedberg, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Larry Miller, Lethal Weapon, Michelle Monaghan, Real Genius, Robert Downey Jr., Rockmand Dunbar, Scream, Shane Black, Shannyn Sossoman, The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Top Secret!, Tropic Thunder, Val Kilmer, Zodiac
Posted by moviegeek916 on June 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Usual Suspects (1995) – I tend to be amused by those Robot Chicken sketches where a heavily-accented M. Night Shyamalan jumps out and says “Vhat a tvist!” (Worth noting that in real life Shyamalan has a thoroughly American accent…) Good ol’ Night is widely credited with ushering in the age of the twist ending. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on June 4, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Shining (1980) – What makes a movie scary? The most horrifying thing most parents could imagine would be to lose their child, but if you have a movie about parents losing a child it would be much more likely to be categorized as a “drama.” I often refer to the documentary Jesus Camp as “the … Continue reading →
Category Film, Old Facebook Minireviews, Reviews, The Best · Tagged with 1980, Barry Nelson, Danny Lloyd, Friends, Jack Nicholson, Jesus Camp, Lisa Burns, Louise Burns, Philip Stone, Rachel Elkind, Room 237, Scatman Crothers, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, The Shining, The Silence of the Lambs, The Simpsons, The Stand, Toy Story, Toy Story 3, Wendy Carlos
Posted by moviegeek916 on June 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Fight Club (1999) – There probably nothing much that can be written about Fight Club that hasn’t already been written. For me, it was how I discovered David Fincher. (Okay I had actually seen Alien 3 already, but that’s not exactly the best barometer of what he can do… though I do actually enjoy it … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Best · Tagged with 1999, Alien 3, Brad Pitt, Chuck Palahniuk, Damned, David Fincher, Doomed, Edward Norton, Fight Club, Helena Bonham Carter, Invisible Monsters, Keeping the Faith, Meat Loaf, Pygmy, Seven, Snuff, Survivor, Tell-All, The Game
Persistence of Vision 