Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) — This article originally appeared on 12ftdwende.com on 22 July 2011. As some of the greatest minds of our times once said “America… fuck yeah!” True, they said it in a marionette parody of ultra-reactive jingoism, but still: good sentiment. Whatever the reality of the country we live in, … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Hunger Games (2012) – So this movie made a metric fuckton of money, so a couple weeks into its box-office-record-setting run I’m not sure my opinion actually counts for anything. I offer it anyway because… it’s what I do. I’ve been seeing a lot about The Hunger Games in the past several weeks. My … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Margin Call (2011) – I think Oliver Stone’s Wall Street is overrated and its 2010 sequel is deservedly forgotten two short years later. So what is the great Wall Street movie? Not strictly speaking a true story but very much based on the events that unfolded at Goldman Sachs during the 2008 financial crises, Margin … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Lovely Bones (2009) — So I read and thoroughly enjoyed the book this was based but had heard several negative reviews and therefore didn’t go into this movie with very high expectations. But low expectations were greatly exceeded as I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. True a lot of things were missing from … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Julie & Julia (2009) — So I’m not a huge fan of “chick flicks” and I was somewhat worried this would be one. It wasn’t. Okay, actually I guess it was but I rather liked it. Probably because it was free of most of the reasons I usually hate chick flicks (except for one superficial … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 