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 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Wolfman (2010) – (editorial note: I watched and reviewed this movie on 14 February 2010… I don’t know why but I seem to have overlooked it when copy/pasting all my old Facebook minireviews to this site.) Someone has their heart ripped out in this movie so I guess it was kind of appropriate viewing … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
The Remains of the Day (1993) — Having recently finished the brilliant Kazuo Ishiguro book on which this film is based I decided to watch this movie. Doing so was a reminder of why it’s often best to place a certain distance between the completion of a novel and viewing its film adaptation. All in … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 