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Alien (1979) – So Starfleet is a pretty cool idea. I mean a sort of egalitarian organization that goes around exploring and keeping the peace. That’s part of the utopian vision of Star Trek. (Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek, anyway, I don’t know so much about J.J. Abrams’s…) A lot of space-set science fiction tends to … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on June 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Prometheus (2012) – Ridley Scott has not made a science fiction movie in 30 years, since his unparalleled masterpiece Blade Runner. Almost as good (and definitely more popular) is Scott’s second-best film Alien. Alien kicked off a franchise given us the great sequel Aliens, the sequel which I like (though few others seem to) Alien … 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 April 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) – Why do we like horror movies? [By “we” I mean those of us who like horror movies. The rest of you highbrow jerks and scaredy-cats go read some other movie review.] Anyway to repeat the question, why do we like horror movies? My short answer: they’re fucking fun. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 12, 2012 · 1 Comment
Super 8 (2011) – This article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 10 June 2011 I, like everyone, have a certain sense of nostalgia about the way things used to be. Now I think there are a lot of great movies out there. I even think there are a lot of great movies for families … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Person of Interest – “Ghosts” I’m still not one hundred percent sure what to make of Person of Interest. It has the potential to be one of the better shows of the 2011 season. It also could be just another investigative crime show where they solve a case every week. “Ghosts” seems to indicate the … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Simpsons – “The Falcon and the D’ohman” So Kiefer Sutherland comes back again for his third guest appearance (as a third different character). I’m glad. The 24-ish intensity he brings to characters works better for comedy than drama, I think (never was a 24 viewer, though I hear some good things). Security guard Wayne … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Rio (2011) — First off: there’s a Scrat cartoon before this movie. I love that little guy… so yay! Now onto the movie itself: Carlos Saldanha has basically crafted an animated love letter to his hometown of Rio de Janeiro. The story is about a Blue Macaw oh-so-creatively named Blu (Jessie Eisenberg). He’s abducted from … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Person of Interest – “Pilot” Jonathan Nolan is not as well-known as his brother Christopher, who directed the films Batman Begins and Inception. However he wrote the short story “Memento Mori” which was the basis of Christopher’s breakthrough film Memento. He also helped write Christopher’s films The Dark Knight and The Prestige. Now he’s created … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Machete (2010) — SECOND REVIEW [ON BLUE-RAY] Well I’ve already reviewed this film at length so, although I may repeat many points from the original review, I have decided to write his one as an itemized list of awesome things about this movie… [many of these are SPOILERS] 1. The mere fact that this movie … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 