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 November 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Anonymous (2011) – I am a theatre student. I take History of Theatre and was offered extra credit for seeing this movie. I otherwise was not planning on it. An anti-Stratfordian drama from the director of Godzilla and The Patriot didn’t exactly pique my interest, but I’ll take my extra credit where I can get … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Saturday Night Live – “Melissa McCarthy/Lady Antebellum” There are people who insist that Saturday Night Live has not been funny in years. I disagree. I think what happens is they stop watching and every time one of their friends convinces them “no, really, it’s good now” they tune in and catch an episode like this … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Black Christmas (1974) — So Halloween is often credited with establishing the aesthetic of the slasher genre (though some argue that the genre itself goes back to Psycho in 1960). Black Christmas came out in 1974, a full four years before John Carpenter “invented” the modern slasher movie. Bob Clark (who later directed A Christmas … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Letters to Juliet (2010) — This movie played out like an endless series of missed opportunities. The best things in this stupid little movie were just teasing reminders of the potential good movies that could have been made if someone with a soul had made this film instead. The premise of this movie is that … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 