Posted by moviegeek916 on August 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
True Romance (1993) – Quentin Tarantino is hailed (rightly, in my opinion) as one of the greatest directors working in film today. While nowadays he’ll spend years working on Django Unchained or Inglourious Basterds before actually making it, back in the day he had more scripts than he had time to film himself. Wisely choosing … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on August 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Enemy of the State (1998) – The tagline of this movie is “it’s not paranoia if they’re really after you” or something to that effect. Some might look at this movie and see it as eerily prophetic of the USA PATRIOT Act era that came after the terrorist attacks of September 11. Surely what with … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Saving Private Ryan (1998) — That Spielberg kid might just have a future in the pictures… This movie is kind of odd tonally. It manages to be somehow unrelenting and sentimental at the same time. That shouldn’t really work but it does. The basic premise is not really an easy one. What is one guy’s … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Old Facebook Minireviews, The Best · Tagged with 1998, Adam Goldberg, Barry Pepper, Edward Burns, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, Leland Orser, matt Damon, Nathan Fillion, Nazis, Paul Giamatti, Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel, war, World War II
Persistence of Vision 