Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

Posted by moviegeek916 on September 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Cowboys & Aliens (2011) – It has cowboys… fighting aliens… and James Bond and Han Solo are in it. What more do you need to know? Well, it’s not quite as awesome as all that. It is still an entertaining movie but it’s not the early-George-Lucas-style classic we all hoped it can be. Nor does … Continue reading →

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There Will Be Blood (2007)

Posted by moviegeek916 on September 19, 2011 · 1 Comment 

There Will Be Blood (2007) — The film opens with a sucker punch of great film-making with about 15 minutes of wordless exposition. It just gets better from there. While Paul Thomas Anderson’s earlier films like Boogie Nights and Magnolia were about large ensemble casts, There Will Be Blood focuses mainly on one man. One … Continue reading →

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Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Posted by moviegeek916 on September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Where the Wild Things Are (2009) — Loved it.  Maybe it’s just me (though from other reviews it seems not) but this movie seems to be one of the rare movies that really gets it.  The “it” being childhood.  I mean this movie understands it all: the wild mood swings, the fantasy world, the self-absorption … Continue reading →

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