Posted by moviegeek916 on July 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Some Girl(s) (2013) – To cinema-goers the legacy of Neil LaBute may be secured as the writer and director of 2003’s remake of The Wicker Man. I still have yet to gaze upon its awfulness but it replaces the slow-burn (pun sort of intended) of the original with Nicolas Cage in a bear suit punching … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Dinner for Schmucks (2010) — I laughed. A lot. That’s really all that’s relevant to reviewing this movie but I am far too long-winded to leave it at that. Paul Rudd, the onetime star of indie dramas like The Cider House Rules and The Shape of Things, seems to have settled into a career as … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 13, 2011 · 1 Comment
Death at a Funeral (2010) — So Neil LaBute used to a be an edgy film-maker with flicks like In the Company of Men and The Shape of Things, but has since gone seriously Hollywood with the Wicker Man remake and Lakeview Terrace. There’s nothing totally wrong wrong with going Hollywood except those were by … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 