The Book of Eli (2010)

Posted by moviegeek916 on September 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

The Book of Eli (2010) — So I thought the previews looked stupid. And they did. They did look oh-so-stupid. What got me to see it was my old credo of “I will see any movie with Tom Waits in it, no matter how small his part is.” [pretty small part, too]. All in all, … Continue reading →

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The Road (2009)

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

The Road (2009) — John Hillcoat’s previous film The Proposition was compared to the novels of Cormac McCarthy: a taciturn western with a bleak tone and intense violence.  Fitting then that Hillcoat’s second film is from a Cormac McCarthy novel.  Not a western, but definitely bleak and violent.  The post-apocalyptic setting of The Road really … Continue reading →

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The Proposition (2005)

Posted by moviegeek916 on September 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

The Proposition (2005) — So I recently finished reading The Road and read that John Hillcoat directed the forthcoming film adaptation so I therefore opted to revisit Hillcoat’s previous film, which I saw a couple years ago and purchased on Blu Ray a few months ago (at a very reasonable price, as far as Blu … Continue reading →

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