Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This article (a rare non-review) was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 23 April 2010. I saw a movie this past week (actually three but only one is relevant to this particular op-ed). It was a madcap comedy about the many things that go wrong at a funeral. It is called Death at a Funeral and … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Manderlay (2005) – While I know it’s somewhat divisive, I rather enjoyed Lars von Trier’s Dogville. Wait, “enjoyed” isn’t the right word. No one ever “enjoys” a Lars von Trier film. More often than not they violate your soul. Dogville was a movie that was somewhat brutal in terms of content. Manderlay has a similar … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Predator 2 (1990) — You know I remember liking this movie a lot more when I was 8… which isn’t to say that it’s too god-awful, but its problems are a lot more apparent. Set in the distant future of 1997, Los Angeles has become consumed by a gang war between the Columbians and Jamaicans … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 13, 2011 · 1 Comment
Death at a Funeral (2010) — So Neil LaBute used to a be an edgy film-maker with flicks like In the Company of Men and The Shape of Things, but has since gone seriously Hollywood with the Wicker Man remake and Lakeview Terrace. There’s nothing totally wrong wrong with going Hollywood except those were by … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 