Posted by moviegeek916 on July 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Wire (2002-2008) – Okay, so I’ve tried to do this TV Blog a couple times… When I started up the blog I was writing about every episode of most shows I watched. It was a pain in the ass and was sapping the enjoyment I get out of television. I decided to abandon it … Continue reading →
Filed under Retro TV Blog, TV · Tagged with "Way Down in the Hole", A Game of Thrones, Aiden Gillen, Andre Royo, Baltimore Sun, Barack Obama, Boardwalk Empire, Chad Coleman, Chris Bauer, Clark Johnson, Clarke Peters, Clockers, David Simon, Deadwood, Dennis Lehane, DoMaJe, Dominic West, Dominick Lombardozzi, Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, George Pelacanos, Glynn Turman, Hassan Johnson, HBO, Homicide: Life in the Streets, Idris Elba, J.D. Williams, James Randone, Jamie Hector, Jermain Crawford, Jim True-Frost, Julito McCullum, Lance Reddick, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Maestro Harrell, Method Man, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mystic River, Pablo Schreiber, Richard Price, Robert Wisdom, Seth Gilliam, Shutter Island, Six Feet Under, Spike Lee, Steve Earle, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Neville Brothers, The Newsroom, The Sopranos, The Wire, Thomas McCarthy, Tom Waits, Tray Chaney, Treme, Tristan Wilds, True Blood, Wendell Pierce, Wood Harris
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 →
Filed under Film, Old Facebook Minireviews, Reviews · Tagged with 2010, Ben Affleck, Ben Kingsley, book adaptation, Casey Affleck, Clint Eastwood, Dennis Lehane, Elias Koteas, Emily Mortimer, Gone Baby Gone, Goodfellas, Hugo, Jackie Earle Haley, John Carrol Lynch, Leonardo DiCaprio, M. Night Shyamalan, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Scorsese, Max Von Sydow, Michelle Monaghan, Michelle Williams, Mystic River, Patricia Clarkson, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, Shutter Island, Taxi Driver, Ted Levine, The Wire
Posted by moviegeek916 on February 19, 2012 · 2 Comments
2012 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts – The past few years a company called Shorts HD (formerly Shorts International) has been released the Academy Award Nominated Short Films. There are three categories: Live Action, Animation, and Documentary (which was unfortunately screened only one night in Sacramento so I missed it). These are the Live Action nominees. … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2011, Academy Award Winner: Best Short Film - Live Action, Andrew Bowler, Ben Affleck, Brokeback Mountain, Ciarán Hinds, Conleth Hill, Crash, Dennis Lehane, Edvard Hægstad, God of Love, Gone Baby Gone, Hallvar Witzø, Ingrid Viken, John Connor Brooke, Julia Richter, Kerry Condon, Krish Gupta, Maggie Cronan, Max Zähle, Michael Nathanson, Pentecost, Peter McDonald, Raju, Scott Graham, Terry George, The New Tenants, The Shore, Time Freak, Tuba Atlantic, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Posted by moviegeek916 on February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane Almost every year from 1994 to 1999, Dennis Lehane published one of his novels featuring private investigator duo Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. He took just over a decade off from his most famous characters after that, opting instead to write stand-alone novels like Mystic River, Shutter Island, and The … Continue reading →
Filed under Books, Fiction · Tagged with A Drunk Before the War, Darkness Take My Hand, Dennis Lehane, Gone Baby Gone, Moonlight Mile, Mystic River, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, Prayers for Rain, Sacred, Shutter Island, The Given Day
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Gone Baby Gone (2007) — So I just read the book and wanted to watch the movie again with that new frame of reference. As an adaptation goes, the movie is rather streamlined. Some of the casting is off from the descriptions in the book but if I have problems with this movie, the cast … Continue reading →
Persistence of Vision 