Posted by moviegeek916 on February 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
If you want to know what I felt were the best movies of the year etc. then that’s a different article altogether (one that can be read here). This is about the Oscars. For most categories, I just offer a quick pick for what WILL win and a brief explanation for why I think that. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on January 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Young Adult (2011) – As I have mentioned before, the films of Jason Reitman tend to take character would be unsympathetic (a tobacco lobbyist, a pregnant hipster teen, and a corporate hatchet man) and gets you almost root for them. Young Adult doesn’t quite follow that formula. Charlize Theron definitely plays an unlikable character but … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on December 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Descendants (2011) – George Clooney is one of those actors who has personality that tends to bleed through to whatever role he’s playing. There’s even a sort of charm in him even when he’s playing a cold-blooded CIA assassin (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, or his Oscar-winning role in Syriana) or the single worst … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Larry Crowne (2011) — So there’s a lot of parts of this movie that make me feel like it should work, but it just doesn’t. Tom Hanks’ first movie (as a writer-director) was That Thing You Do! which was as fun as the title song. Hanks’ second feature (not counting TV work like From Earth … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010) — Hey, it’s a movie set in a mental hostpital where nobody kills themself! Cool. I was worried for a good chunk of the movie (especially toward the end) that someone was going to do that. Anyway the story is about a kid (Keir Gilchrist) who’s really depressed … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Up in the Air (2009) — Like many Americans I lost my job last year. So did my dad. So did everyone I worked with, as a matter of fact. So the downsizing prick that is the protagonist of this film should be subject to my immediate revulsion. Yet as he did for a fast-talking … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 