Posted by moviegeek916 on August 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Total Recall (2012) – I like to imagine that the following scenario happened: a screenwriter had this idea, “okay, so a guy wants to get a fantasy vacation implanted and he describes his fantasy to the implanters and they discover that he already did those things!” Then someone tells him, “yeah, they already made that … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on August 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Total Recall (1990) – I have said before I am an unabashed fan of the cinematic works of one Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger (his gubernatorial works, less so). You ever notice the noises he makes when he’s supposed to be in some kind of physical duress? NO HUMAN BEING MAKES THOSE NOSIES! It is ridiculously entertaining … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on June 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Prometheus (2012) – Ridley Scott has not made a science fiction movie in 30 years, since his unparalleled masterpiece Blade Runner. Almost as good (and definitely more popular) is Scott’s second-best film Alien. Alien kicked off a franchise given us the great sequel Aliens, the sequel which I like (though few others seem to) Alien … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Adjustment Bureau (2011) – The following review first appeared as part of a larger article (“Now in Theaters”) on 12ftdwende.com on 11 March 2011. Anyone who knows me knows I like Dick… Phillip K. Dick, that is. What did you think I meant? Fucking gutter-minded perverts. Truthfully I have only read one of his … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 12, 2012 · 1 Comment
Super 8 (2011) – This article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 10 June 2011 I, like everyone, have a certain sense of nostalgia about the way things used to be. Now I think there are a lot of great movies out there. I even think there are a lot of great movies for families … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on February 25, 2012 · 1 Comment
Air Force One (1997) – Right after watching As Good as it Gets on cable I saw there was another movie from 1997 starting up… one that while perhaps not as critically acclaimed kicked a substantially higher volume of ass. Wolfgang Petersen’s Air Force One is the kind of action movie I grew up on. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Avatar (2009) — SECOND REVIEW [Blu Ray] So I saw this movie for the first (and until now only) time almost a year ago on IMAX in 3D. Now that the deluxe super tricked-out blu ray edition has come out the time came to see if it held up at home in one less dimension. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Gamer (2009) — So my family and I went to see this. My dad went because my mom and I wanted to see it. My mom went because she had it confused with the upcoming Bruce Willis film Surrogates [she realized her mistake when a trailer for Surrogates ran before the movie]. So those were … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 