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Braveheart (1995) – Every time a new Roman Polanski movie opens it typically get lavished with praise from film critics but there is always an outcry of “how can you celebrate the work of a convicted child rapist?” The same happens for Victor Salva. Even for film-makers like Woody Allen and Bryan Singer, who have … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on July 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Pain & Gain (2013) – I would just like to point out, before venturing into any sort of valid critique, that this is the only movie about which one can say and be grammatically correct “from the director of and starring The Rock.” Had to get that out of the way… Let us consider the … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on June 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) – This review is going to be pretty short because I don’t have much in the way of thoughts about this movie. The film is about the often tumultuous relationship between war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (Nicole Kidman) and famed novelist Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen). They go to Spain during Franco’s takeover … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Gods and Monsters (1998) – If you have been paying attention to this humble little movie blog the past month or two you will have certainly by now noticed that I have a certain fondness for the old Universal Horror films, chief among them Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. To me (and to many others, … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Game Change (2012) – I am of the belief that film criticism should be based on nothing more than the quality of a film. However, human beings are fallible and not beyond their own biases. A film like Game Change seems impossible to separate from one’s own political predispositions so allow to me to state … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Iron Lady (2011) – Meryl Streep just won her third Oscar (and first in 29 years, out of 17 nominations) for The Iron Lady. Good for her. A teacher of mine told me that there are actually a lot of younger actors who feel that Meryl Streep is all technique and no heart. I … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on January 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Bronson (2009) – Two films in, I have yet to make up my mind about Nicolas Winding Refn. I rather liked Drive but its flaws kept me from gushing about it as much as some people have. Bronson is a different animal altogether. If Drive is Refn aping the style of Michael Mann, then Bronson … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on November 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
My Week with Marilyn (2011) – Oscar-bait season is here at last, and with it we get our first front-runner for Best Actress: two-time nominee Michelle Williams (though Meryl Streep has a movie about Margaret Thatcher coming up later this year so it’s too early to declare Williams the victor). Back in the days of … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Too Big to Fail (2011) — This movie is melodramatic and heavy-handed yet, for me anyway, still managed to be gripping and entertaining. It mostly exists as an acting showcase for the likes of William Hurt, Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti, James Woods and a bunch of others. It dramatizes the financial crisis and subsequent bailout, … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Howl (2010) — So first I need to start off by saying this movie was not what I expected. I was more-or-less expecting a straightforward legal drama about one of the last works of poetry/literature to be tried for obscenity. To be certain the film is about that, but is anything but a straightforward legal … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 