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 June 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The following article originally appeared on 12ftdwende.com on 1 April 2011… Regular readers (do I even have those?) have surely noticed by now that at the end of each article I have been merrily endorsing the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival, reminding people that they can follow it on Twitter (@sacshakes), “like” it on Facebook, or particularly … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on May 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Network (1976) – The following article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 29 April 2011. “I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel’s worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Before Sunset (2004) — Before Sunrise is an amazing beautiful romantic movie and it has a perfect ambiguous ending. Your interpretation of that ending can almost sum up what kind of person you are. So why, oh why, would writer/director Richard Linklater, and writer/actors Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy endeavor to make a sequel, eliminating … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Before Sunrise (1995) — This is the first romance film that is actually ROMANTIC that I’ve seen in… well, actually at the moment I can’t think of any other examples. As a genre it’s so full of trite sentimentality that it is so refreshing to actually seen one that is good. Ethan Hawke and Julie … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Daybreakers (2010) — So I saw this yesterday and I dug it. It has that future-noir look of a much darker Gattaca and a nifty little allegory about overconsumption of natural resources. But first and foremost: it’s a blood-drenched vampire movie where they are NOT sparkling douchebags who just want to cuddle, but rather are … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) — Network is one of my favorite movies and Dog Day Afternoon is pretty damn good so a while back I bought the Blu-Ray of Sidney Lumet’s latest film and several months later finally got around to watching it. Let me tell you, if you’ve ever felt … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 