Posted by moviegeek916 on March 22, 2012 · 1 Comment
The Trip (2010) – Michael Winterbottom is a director whose films I want to see more of. He’s done two that I would rank as great: The Killer Inside Me and 24 Hour Party People. Even 9 Songs, which I found boring as hell, was provocative and interesting on some level. Still I’ve barely scratched … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) – This article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 5 August 2011 I know I’m not very creative with my article titles, but I really had to fight the impulse to just call this one “DAMN DIRTY APES!!!!” because that really is one of my favorite things … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Killer Inside Me (2010) – Stanley Kubrick called Jim Thompson’s novel The Killer Inside Me one of the most disturbing portrayals of the psychopathic mind he had ever seen. I have not read that book, but now that I have seen Michael Winterbottom’s film adaptation, I cannot imagine that Stan was that far off. … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 