Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) — This article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 29 July 2011. There is, perhaps, no funnier line in the history of cinema than “Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!” It perfectly exemplifies all the wonderful … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 22, 2012 · 2 Comments
Blazing Saddles (1974) – Let’s have a quick discussion of the N-word. Now anyone who knows me knows I have no qualms about saying all sorts of things that you couldn’t say on television or in so-called “polite society.” It’s just the fucking way I am, god dammit. But n****r is a different thing altogether. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Young Frankenstein (1974) – Did anyone think I was going to make my way through all those classic Universal Frankenstein movies and not end up watching this one? Since I’ve been writing reviews I’ve tried to really find a way to characterize what I would consider funny. Too often my reviews of comedies come down … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
I’ve been marathoning my way through the Universal Monster films of the 1920s-50s. By and large I’ve found them to be as excellent as I remember from my youth (in the early 90s, I was not yet born when they were made… hell, my dad wasn’t born when most of them were made). However as … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on February 25, 2012 · 3 Comments
Well, the Oscars are coming up in a couple days. I’ll get my picks and predictions and whatnot posted Sunday morning and then try to do some sort of real-time reaction thing like I tried doing with the Emmys a while back… In the meantime I figured I’d chime in with what I actually thought … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on January 21, 2012 · 2 Comments
The Artist (2011) – I’ve been bemoaning the lack of new silent films for a while now, and it looks like they heard me in France. I think more than anything, The Artist proves that techniques never become obsolete as long as someone can come along to use them in a profound way. That’s why … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on January 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Great Dictator (1940) – Short version: I love this movie so, so much. Longer version: It goes to figure that when Charlie Chaplin finally decided to talk, he really had something to say. Picking on Adolph Hitler may seem like going after low-hanging fruit. I mean, we live in the post-Mel Brooks era. Making … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) — There is a series of parody movies right now that have really obvious named like Date Movie or Disaster Movie or Epic Movie (though that have also produced Meet the Spartans and Vampires Suck). The thing is those movies are total dogshit. That’s the state of parody … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 