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The Usual Suspects (1995) – I tend to be amused by those Robot Chicken sketches where a heavily-accented M. Night Shyamalan jumps out and says “Vhat a tvist!” (Worth noting that in real life Shyamalan has a thoroughly American accent…) Good ol’ Night is widely credited with ushering in the age of the twist ending. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Cabaret (1972) – So if any of you know me personally (or have clicked on the “About” page on this very website) you will know that I’m an actor. This has thus far extended only to speaking as opposed to singing but after a musical theatre class (and a couple years as a karaoke superstar) … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on August 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Dark Knight (2008) – For a long time people dismissed comic books. I mean it’s obviously not as bad as it once was when a prick named Frederick Wertham published a bullshit book called Seduction of the Innocent which led to the burning of comic books and self-imposed industry censorship for decades. In fact most … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on May 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) – Stage to screen adaptations can be tricky. Enough of them are great that there’s no cause to automatically be skeptical going into one, but there are also more than a few that hit the mark. When you factor in the fact that Tennessee Williams often wrote about homosexuality and … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on January 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Beginners (2010) – Okay, I just have to start off with the fact that the trailers for this movie make it look like a comedy with some serious undertones when in fact it is the other way around. That is not a complaint about the movie; that is a complaint about the marketing. All in … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Fighter (2010) — I’m sure one day a movie will come along that doesn’t depict eastern Massachusettes as a bitter hellscape paved with broken dreams, but in the meantime the ones that do are pretty damn good. The Fighter (set in Lowell) follows the life of “Irish” Micky Ward from 1993 to 2000, though … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Inglourious Basterds (2009) — The last line of the movie [minor sort-of-but-not-really spoiler] is “I think this just might be my masterpiece.” While Brad Pitt is the one speaking the words, I think it’s probably Quentin Tarantino commenting on the movie that just concluded. [thus endeth “spoiler”]. Tarantino had put a French New Wave spin … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 