Posted by moviegeek916 on September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Black Swan (2010) — So this film has been compared to works of Roman Polanski and David Cronenberg (although my favorite reference was Ellen Fox from Rotten Tomatoes who said it was like “The Red Shoes meets The Red Shoe Diaries“). I can see all of those factor present in the movie but I think … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Milk (2008) — For truly objective film criticism you have to divorce a move from any wider cause it represents and just examine the merits of the film itself. But you know what? No one’s really objective when it comes to art so anyone who claims they are is full of shit. I love this … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) — Network is one of my favorite movies and Dog Day Afternoon is pretty damn good so a while back I bought the Blu-Ray of Sidney Lumet’s latest film and several months later finally got around to watching it. Let me tell you, if you’ve ever felt … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 