Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Friends with Benefits (2011) — This article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 22 July 2011. I really don’t think I’ve quite got the hang of reviewing comedies. As I mention in every review I write for a comedy, the only real barometer for success is whether or not it makes you laugh. However, “I … 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 September 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Win Win (2011) — Well, in just three films Tom McCarthy has become one of my favorite directors (okay to be honest he had it pretty much sewn up in two… and co-writing Up certainly helped). Win Win, like The Station Agent and The Visitor before it, is pretty much a perfect movie. I don’t … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Up (2009) — Pretty much a perfect movie. The first ten minutes have more heart than most 2-hour-plus movies do in their entirety. I could go point-by-point on everything I liked about the movie but then sitting here and reading it would take you longer than just watching it yourself. A couple months after seeing … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
2012 (2009) — In some ways this is an awful movie. In others, it’s an awesome movie. The two factors end up reaching a kind of mindless equilibrium that ends up being quite entertaining like Roland Emmerich’s earlier destroying-the-world films Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow (though I guess a lot of people didn’t … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Visitor (2009) — The movie ended about an hour ago and I like it more and more the more I think about it. From There’s Something About Mary to Intolerable Cruelty to Six Feet Under, Richard Jenkins has always been an engaging actor and it’s about damn time he got a lead role. He … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 