Posted by moviegeek916 on August 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) – Buzz is an interesting thing. Sometimes it can clue you into a great little movie you wouldn’t have otherwise seen or possibly even heard of. Other times it can overhype something to the point where the results will be disappointing because your expectations were just so damn high. So … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on March 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Take Shelter (2011) – In the movie Groundhog Day, in which Bill Murray lives a day over and over again, there is a young couple that seems to be having an argument. After Murray takes it upon himself to help everyone in the town, the now-happy couple is later seen having just married. The groom … 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 February 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A Dangerous Method (2011) — So there seems to be a kind of theme running through the films of David Cronenberg. They all seem to be about characters fighting something inside themselves. Now in his earlier work like The Brood and his remake of The Fly this was taken disgustingly literal. Then there seemed to … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on January 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Shame (2011) – A lot of people don’t take sex addiction seriously. We turn into teenagers and start giggling about the “sex” part without really contemplating the addiction. Not to mention the general problem of differentiating between people who are addicted to something and people who just like it a lot. Example: I like to … Continue reading →
Persistence of Vision 