Posted by moviegeek916 on August 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Enemy of the State (1998) – The tagline of this movie is “it’s not paranoia if they’re really after you” or something to that effect. Some might look at this movie and see it as eerily prophetic of the USA PATRIOT Act era that came after the terrorist attacks of September 11. Surely what with … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on May 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Velvet Goldmine (1998) – There’s been a number of odd scenes that have sprung up around musical styles. Punk is my favorite, but the 70s also saw the rise of glam rock. Now I never could get into the whole elaborate makeup, expertly coiffed hairstyles, and outlandish outfits (hell, I can barely be bothered to … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 1998, Bob Dylan, Christian Bale, Citizen Kane, David Bowie, Ewan McGregor, Gary Glitter, I'm Not There, Iggy Pop, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Lou Reed, Michael Feast, Oscar Wilde, Sandy Powell, Slade, T. Rex, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, Thom Yorke, Thurston Moore, Todd Haynes, Toni Collette, Velvet Goldmine, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Posted by moviegeek916 on April 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Gods and Monsters (1998) – If you have been paying attention to this humble little movie blog the past month or two you will have certainly by now noticed that I have a certain fondness for the old Universal Horror films, chief among them Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. To me (and to many others, … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 1998, Bill Condon, Brendan Fraser, Bride of Frankenstein, Christopher Bram, Clive Barker, Father of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Gods and Monsters, Hellraiser, Ian McKellen, James Whale, Kinsey, Lynn Redrave, true story
Posted by moviegeek916 on March 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) – “The only chance now, I felt, was the possibility that we’d gone to such excess that nobody in the position to bring the hammer down on us could possibly believe it” For seven too-brief decades, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson walked this planet. The man had issues, for … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment
So Halloween is upon us and this year it occurred to me that I had only seen half of the Halloween films. I decided to rectify that this year. Halloween (1978) You know I kind of go back and forth on Halloween. I last saw it in 2009 and thought that while good it was … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Saving Private Ryan (1998) — That Spielberg kid might just have a future in the pictures… This movie is kind of odd tonally. It manages to be somehow unrelenting and sentimental at the same time. That shouldn’t really work but it does. The basic premise is not really an easy one. What is one guy’s … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Old Facebook Minireviews, The Best · Tagged with 1998, Adam Goldberg, Barry Pepper, Edward Burns, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, Leland Orser, matt Damon, Nathan Fillion, Nazis, Paul Giamatti, Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel, war, World War II
Persistence of Vision 