Posted by moviegeek916 on August 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
True Romance (1993) – Quentin Tarantino is hailed (rightly, in my opinion) as one of the greatest directors working in film today. While nowadays he’ll spend years working on Django Unchained or Inglourious Basterds before actually making it, back in the day he had more scripts than he had time to film himself. Wisely choosing … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
I love intelligent horror movies and wish there were more of them. But you know what? I love the dumb ones too. Maybe more. I have no intellectual defense of it, I just like it. I don’t like them “ironically.” I don’t even know what that means really. I am simply entertained. And for big … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
The Remains of the Day (1993) — Having recently finished the brilliant Kazuo Ishiguro book on which this film is based I decided to watch this movie. Doing so was a reminder of why it’s often best to place a certain distance between the completion of a novel and viewing its film adaptation. All in … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 