Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment
22 Jump Street (2014) – Continuing with his meta streak from the first film, virtually all of Nick Offerman’s dialogue (and he isn’t in that much of the movie) is a reference to the film itself. He says that nobody expected the 21 Jump Street program to work. It shouldn’t have worked. Everybody was surprised … 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 · Leave a Comment
Young Adult (2011) – As I have mentioned before, the films of Jason Reitman tend to take character would be unsympathetic (a tobacco lobbyist, a pregnant hipster teen, and a corporate hatchet man) and gets you almost root for them. Young Adult doesn’t quite follow that formula. Charlize Theron definitely plays an unlikable character but … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Informant! (2009) — One of those true story movies that keeps you in constant “what the fuck?” mode. Plus using Wikipedia (the most half-assed research method known to man) I learned that it is all more-or-less true. This movie has several great strengths. The most prominent of which is Matt Damon. His portrayal of … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 