Posted by moviegeek916 on June 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Brave (2012) – Walt Disney animation is built on fairy tales. Their early films included Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty. Pixar has mostly gone in a different direction, exploring hidden worlds populated by living toys, anthropomorphic automobiles, superheroes, or Charlie Chaplin-esque robots. Now Pixar has decided to dive into new … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on May 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Men in Black 3 (2012) – Sequels are not necessarily a case of diminishing returns. While there is definitely plenty of hollow retreads like The Hangover Part II, there also flicks like The Godfather Part II, Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and [technically] The Silence of the Lambs. Loosely based on a comic by Lowell … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Angels in America (2003) – For a while, the premium cable network Home Box Office had the slogan “It’s not TV, it’s HBO.” This mainly reflected the artistically challenging shows they aired like The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Deadwood, and The Wire (of course they also ran Sex and the City, so I guess it … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Pirate Radio (2009) aka The Boat that Rocked — I am a fan of British Invasion rock music from the 1960s as well as “sticking it to the man” stories so I suppose I was somewhat predisposed to enjoy this one. It’s lightweight fun, but I have to emphasize the fun part. Plus an excellent … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
The Remains of the Day (1993) — Having recently finished the brilliant Kazuo Ishiguro book on which this film is based I decided to watch this movie. Doing so was a reminder of why it’s often best to place a certain distance between the completion of a novel and viewing its film adaptation. All in … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 