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 January 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) – Gary Oldman is an actor who can go wildly over-the-top. That’s not a bad thing. Some of his larger-than-life characters have been the best things in movies like Léon or Air Force One. His sneering Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy or his Old World emo vampire in Bram … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The King’s Speech(2010) — Who would have guessed that elocution lessons could make for a movie this good? Apparently King George VI of England (who only ascended to the throne because his brother abdicated) had a very pronounced stammer. Being King in the age of radio (the 1930s), one needed to make speeches (especially when … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A Single Man (2009) — A sad beautiful movie. I’ll never understand how a first-time director who was previously a fashion designer hit it so far out the park on his first time at bat. Colin Firth is revelatory. I had never seen him in anything with any more depth than your standard romantic comedy … Continue reading →
Persistence of Vision 