Posted by moviegeek916 on February 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
If you want to know what I felt were the best movies of the year etc. then that’s a different article altogether (one that can be read here). This is about the Oscars. For most categories, I just offer a quick pick for what WILL win and a brief explanation for why I think that. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on January 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) – So in the month since I’ve seen the latter, I’ve still not quite made up my mind whose film version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I prefer: Niels Arden Oplev or David Fincher. The Swedish Dragon Tattoo is the only film of Oplev’s I’ve ever … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on January 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) – Well let me cut to the chase (before I pad this out): how you feel about Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows really depends on how you felt about Guy Ritchie’s 2009 Sherlock Holmes because in a lot of ways it’s just more of the same. I, … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) – Let’s get something out of the way: holy shit! Tom Cruise is insane. I mean we already knew he was “I’m going jump up and down on a couch” and “I’m in a cult” insane, but this… If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, I refer you to … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Social Network (2010) — SECOND REVIEW [Blu Ray] A lot has been made since this film’s initial release about what really happened and what was invented. Although I may sound like a broken record since I bring this up every single time such a “controversy” arises, who the hell cares? A good movie is … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2009) — Of the three film adaptations of Stieg Larson’s trilogy, I find this one to be the most uneven. What works in this one more than anything is still the casting. Noomi Rapace embodies her character so perfectly that it’s hard to imagine anyone else even trying … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) — In theaters I was just stoked that someone actually made Freddy Krueger scary again. He’s been such a joke-driven comic character for so long people forget that in the original film he was creepy as all hell. Jackie Earle Haley definitely brought that back to the character. No … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) — This film trades in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo director Niels Arden Oplev for director Daniel Alfredson (whose brother Tomas directed the amazing Let the Right One In). This, along with some other issues, means that the film isn’t quite as good as the first. The … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) — Let me start off by saying I thought this was a good engaging movie. However I think maybe one should wait more than a week after finishing a book before checking out the film adaptation (it doesn’t help that I’m two thirds of the way through the … Continue reading →
Persistence of Vision 