Posted by moviegeek916 on June 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Rock of Ages (2012) – The vast majority of my reviews tend to be positive, in case you hadn’t noticed. Or rather they range from lukewarm appreciation to outright enthusiastic. Some bad ones slip in but overall they’re favorable. I do indeed like most movies I see. That’s usually because if a movie looks like … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on June 6, 2012 · 1 Comment
The Wire – Season 1 When I started this blog the idea was for it to be about movies AND television. For a while, and by a while I mean maybe the better part of a month, I maintained the TV blog writing about what shows I deemed worthy of writing about. However I am … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on May 29, 2012 · 2 Comments
The Simpsons – “A Streetcar Named Marge” All right, confession time: my very first exposure to Tennesse Williams’s classic play A Streetcar Named Desire came from this episode of The Simpsons. I am a 90s kid, no apologies. So after finally getting around to watching the great Elia Kazan film adaptation, I had to revisit … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 13, 2012 · 1 Comment
This article was originally published on 12ft.dwende.com on 12 August 2011. Sometimes you don’t need a guy in a hockey mask or the ghost of a murderer to haunt your dreams. Sometimes things like a mask of human skin and a chainsaw or an endless knowledge of slasher film trivia are just overkill. Sometimes all … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 6, 2011 · 2 Comments
American Horror Story – “Pilot” What… the… fuck…? I’m not sure just what the hell I watched. I think it might have been one of the crappiest pilots I’ve ever seen that still has a lot of potential for a series. I’ve seen far crappier to be sure, but none that plant so many potentially … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Glee – “Asian F” Well, I’ve been pretty hard on Glee for a while now, but if “Asian F” is any indication, dare I say that the show is on its way back? There were problems to be sure. For one the show acknowledges that one its major characters has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder but refuses … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Glee – “I Am Unicorn” Tonight was one of those nights that actually gave me hope for Glee. It didn’t feel like candy-coated “you can do it!” pep rally the show has deteriorated into. Then again it didn’t quite recapture its initial cynical streak either. Kurt’s confronted with the fact that the way he is … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Glee – “The Purple Piano Project” When Glee started I was surprised by the tone. Beneath the veneer of pop bubbliness there was a real sense of bitterness. The show about high school outcasts coming together wasn’t shying away from the fact that no, this would not solve all their problems. They would be excluded … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Eat Pray Love (2010) — You ever have someone tell you about their spiritual awakening? You smile and nod and hope like hell they change the topic before your head explodes. This movie is two and a half hours of that. I think I have to chalk this up to personal bias since the movie … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Ringer – “Pilot” So Sarah Michelle Gellar achieved major success with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She has been in a couple movies since the show ended, like The Grudge and the Scooby Doo films (as well as several lower-profile films and voice over roles) but she hasn’t really done the movie star thing. Well she’s … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 