Movies

  • Favorite Film

    Favorite Film

    If there is one question I have struggled with it is, “What is your favorite film?” Granted, this question is nowhere near as important as: “How do we achieve world peace?” or “How do we stop global warming?” but then people never seem to ask me either of these. So recognizing the proper ranking of

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  • Awards Season

    Awards Season

    Where I attempt to say something about the nature of awards seasons and focusing on acquisition formats.

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  • In honor of Alan Rickman’s passing I am doing this “extra” See it Again. I have been meaning to write about Bottle Shock for some time and sadly it took his death to properly motivate me. What You Should Know This is a small film with an amazing cast telling a (mostly) true story. It

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  • See it Again – Red Belt

    What  You Should Know When you watch the trailer or see some of the posters for Redbelt you get the impression that this is an action movie. It is, but not in the same sense that The Transporter is an action movie. The fighting is limited, the pace is somewhat slow and the focus is

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  • See it Again – Tin Cup

    What  You Should Know This is a Kevin Costner sports movie. It is a a rather straight-forward, enjoyable film about golf, taking chances and spending time with your buddies. Why You Should Reconsider For some reason, be it The Postman, aspects of his personal life or the way his hair looked on Tuesday, Kevin Costner

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  • See it Again (reborn)

    See it Again (reborn)

    In which I give a long explanation which I find riveting.

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  • Conscious Choices and Technology

    A post about enjoying the process as well as the result.

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  • Rotten Tomatoes Freshness Meter Critics – 51% Audience – 81% What  You Should Know It would seem most already know it: this is, in fact, a good movie. I had no idea that the audience score would be so high considering how widely dismissed this film is. If you have not seen Meet Joe Black

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  • Rotten Tomatoes Freshness Meter Critics – 66% Audience – 49% What  You Should Know This is a sports movie. About ping pong. Needless to say it is a comedy. Why You Should Reconsider My guess is you didn’t hear about ping pong playa or that you did but only after seeing the movie/watching the trailer

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  • Rotten Tomatoes Freshness Meter Critics – 87% Audience – 87% What  You Should Know Saving Face is the best kind of independent film. It’s funny, touching and unexpected. It accomplishes these things without being ugly, off-putting or in-your-face about being a low-budget production (for a wonderful, current example of this I give you – Detachment).

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