Haywire (2011)

Posted by moviegeek916 on January 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Haywire (2011) – Well, the last time director Steven Soderbergh decided to cast a non-actor in the lead of one of his movies it was porn star Sasha Grey in the call girl drama The Girlfriend Experience. I fucking hated that movie so much. The… um, enthusiasm… that Grey brings to her normal line of … Continue reading →

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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) — So this movie ends up falling into the “decent” category, which is a shame because the material obviously has the potential to be the defining film of this whole economic crisis.  Instead Oliver Stone pisses a lot of that away.  I was with this movie most of the … Continue reading →

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Wall Street (1987)

Posted by moviegeek916 on September 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Wall Street (1987) — You know it always bugged me when people watched Scarface and missed the point.  Tony Montana is a cautionary tale of what NOT to do and who NOT to be.  Instead a bunch of morons idolize him. I think a quick look at headlines confirms that the same problem has befallen … Continue reading →

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Wonder Boys (2000)

Posted by moviegeek916 on September 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Wonder Boys (2000) — I hadn’t seen this since it was in theaters but it was on cable [no commercials] so I decided to watch it.  This is a great movie.  The whole cast is top notch.  It strains believability that Michael Douglas could resist the wiles of a pre-brainwashing Katie Holmes [especially since Douglas … Continue reading →

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