Posted by moviegeek916 on May 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Network (1976) – The following article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 29 April 2011. “I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel’s worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a … 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 →
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Persistence of Vision 