Posted by moviegeek916 on December 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
Django (1966) – The American West. It’s been endlessly romanticized in film, with the likes of John Wayne and Gary Cooper showing us how men should act. It’s American as apple pie. Truthfully, the legend of the Old West like so many other parts of American history was written in blood. The Italians (perhaps being … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Shutter Island (2010) – A book-to-screen adaptation will always suffer under the weight of expectation. I’ve voraciously devoured about eight of Dennis Lehane’s books now, Shutter Island included. I like the way that the man spins a mystery and I usually end up crushed by his usual downer endings. I love that not only has … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on February 25, 2012 · 3 Comments
Well, the Oscars are coming up in a couple days. I’ll get my picks and predictions and whatnot posted Sunday morning and then try to do some sort of real-time reaction thing like I tried doing with the Emmys a while back… In the meantime I figured I’d chime in with what I actually thought … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on November 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment
J. Edgar (2011) – Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dustin Lance Black, and J. Edgar Hoover: this seems like a combination that can’t go wrong. Clint Eastwood has been a gifted film-maker wince the 1970s but in the past decade he has hit a stride that makes him one of the more interesting elder statesmen of … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Saturday Night Live – “Ben Stiller/Foster the People” It’s always nifty when past Saturday Night Live cast members come back to host. They know the score. They’ve gone through it week after week so they know how this shit works. Well, in addition to the five short weeks Ben Stiller spent as a featured player … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Person of Interest – “Ghosts” I’m still not one hundred percent sure what to make of Person of Interest. It has the potential to be one of the better shows of the 2011 season. It also could be just another investigative crime show where they solve a case every week. “Ghosts” seems to indicate the … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Hereafter (2010) — I enjoyed this movie but I at the same time I had a nagging problem with this movie. There are three separate stories that for most of the film’s running time did not connect, all telling stories about death. You have Marie (Cécile De France), a French journalist who survives the 2004 … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Play Misty For Me (1971) — So there’s a kind of over-the-top acting style that you get in older movies that is very much present in this one. It kind of bugged me but it didn’t really detract from that fact that this is a fairly unsettling movie. Jessica Walter from Arrested Development starts out … Continue reading →
Persistence of Vision 