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Once (2006) – Oh, what a thing is hype. There was a time when I worked at the Virgin Megastore in San Francisco. Periodically we would get passes to see movies well in advance of their release. That’s actually how I saw Slumdog Millionaire and Knocked Up. One day I was in the break room … Continue reading →
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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 →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on January 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Snakes on a Plane (2006) – This week has seen the passing of actor-turned-turned-stuntman-turned-director David R. Ellis. Ellis did stunts for movies like Lethal Weapon and Scarface and was the second unit director for movies like The Matrix Reloaded and Deep Blue Sea (the latter of which has more than a little in common with … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com 2 April 2010. So I had a vague awareness of the Nightmare on Elm Street series as a small child. I would walk with great trepidation through the horror isle of the video store knowing that here were things not for young’ns like myself. I knew that there … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 13, 2012 · 1 Comment
This article was originally published on 12ft.dwende.com on 12 August 2011. Sometimes you don’t need a guy in a hockey mask or the ghost of a murderer to haunt your dreams. Sometimes things like a mask of human skin and a chainsaw or an endless knowledge of slasher film trivia are just overkill. Sometimes all … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) – So I don’t know if you all got this from my review, my best of 2011 list, or my Oscar article but I really enjoyed the hell out of The Artist. The loving tribute to and recreation of a bygone style of film-making really just got me … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Little Children (2006) — There is a definite subgenre of drama dedicated to people who are desperately unhappy in suburbia. Understandable enough. Little Children was on the Sundance Channel and since I caught it from the beginning I opted to watch the whole thing. Kate Winslet plays Sarah, an unhappy housewife. Patrick Wilson (Watchmen, Angels … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
As You Like It (2006) — I have seen two of Kenneth Branagh’s previous Shakespeare films. One, Much Ado About Nothing, I quite liked. The other, Hamlet, I have several issues with. As You Like It I like, mostly due to the cast and performances. The film is transplanted to Japan, after it was opened … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Cashback (2006) — Cashback is a neat little British film about a guy (Sean Biggerstaff, the guy who taught Harry Potter how to play Quidditch) who develops insomnia after breaking up with his girlfriend and this somehow leads to the ability to freeze time. Being an art student he uses this time-freezing power to take … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Black Christmas (2006) — So I know the original is a classic and the first modern slasher movie and blah blah blah but I like this one better. Why, you may ask? Because this movie is deliriously fucked-up on damn near every level. It’s not really a “good” movie by any commonly accepted definition, but … Continue reading →
Persistence of Vision 