Posted by moviegeek916 on June 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Trainspotting (1996) – I don’t know if I’m shocking anyone when I say that I have never tried heroin. I acknowledge that it must feel good if people are willing to destroy their lives to do it, but from everything I’ve ever seen of it it just looks like a hellish nightmare. I don’t know … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with "Lust for Life", 127 Hours, 1996, 28 days Later, A Life Less Ordinary, book adaptation, Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Iggy Pop, Irvine Welsh, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly MacDonald, Kevin McKidd, Millions, Once Upon a Time, Requiem for a Dream, Robert Carlyle, Shallow Grave, Slumdog Millionaire, Spun, Sunshine, Trainspotting
Posted by moviegeek916 on June 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The following article originally appeared on 12ftdwende.com on 1 April 2011… Regular readers (do I even have those?) have surely noticed by now that at the end of each article I have been merrily endorsing the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival, reminding people that they can follow it on Twitter (@sacshakes), “like” it on Facebook, or particularly … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 13, 2012 · 1 Comment
Slasher flicks thrived in the 1980s but a couple years into the 1990s the horror genre was in a noticeable decline. A screenwriter named Kevin Williamson decided that he wanted the final word on the slasher subgenre. He wrote a screenplay that was simultaneously a parody of and loving tribute to classic flicks like Halloween … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
subUrbia (1996) – I took a stagecraft class this past semester and the final assignment was to design and build a model for a set for a play. I decided to use gthe opportunity to check out a playwright I had heard about but who I have never read/seen, Eric Bogosian (though I have seen … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 1996, A Scanner Darkly, Ajay Naidu, Amie Carey, based on play, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Dazed and Confused, Dina Spybey, Eric Bogosian, Gionvanni Ribisi, Jayce Bartok, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Nicky Katt, Parker Posey, Richard Linklater, Samia Shoaib, Slacker, Steve Zahn, subUrbia, Tape, The Iceman Cometh, Waking Life, Wonderland
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Craft (1996) — Meh. I’m not sure if this actually qualifies as a horror movie or a non-comedic version of Mean Girls with magic… A group of four “teenage” girls (Fairuza Balk, the very cute Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell and the then-30 Rachel True) start their own coven or whatever and have fun doing … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Rock (1996) — Maybe it’s because I saw it when I was 11 and have always reverted to that mindset, but I fucking love this movie. It hits every note that an action movie should hit. [Plus it has conspiracy theories, which I was really into as a kid]. Beyond the stars (Nic Cage, … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Old Facebook Minireviews, The Best · Tagged with 1996, Criterion Collection, David Morse, Ed Harris, John C. McGinley, John Spencer, Michael Bay, Michael Biehn, Nicolas Cage, Pearl Harbor, San Francisco, Sean Connery, The Rock, Tony Todd, William Forsythe
Persistence of Vision 