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 February 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A Dangerous Method (2011) — So there seems to be a kind of theme running through the films of David Cronenberg. They all seem to be about characters fighting something inside themselves. Now in his earlier work like The Brood and his remake of The Fly this was taken disgustingly literal. Then there seemed to … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Eastern Promises (2007) — Director David Cronenberg shows once again that he is so much more than mutant sex organs and exploding heads. Anyone who disputes his awesomenes should be attacked in a steam room with linoleum knives… Eastern Promises is a little heavier than your average gangster flick. While unflinching in violence gangster movies … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Road (2009) — John Hillcoat’s previous film The Proposition was compared to the novels of Cormac McCarthy: a taciturn western with a bleak tone and intense violence. Fitting then that Hillcoat’s second film is from a Cormac McCarthy novel. Not a western, but definitely bleak and violent. The post-apocalyptic setting of The Road really … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 