Movies

  • George Lucas – Change and Unrealistic Expectations

    A post where I reconsider my idea of George Lucas.

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  • See it Again – Hudson Hawk

    Rotten Tomatoes Freshness Meter Critics – 22% Audience – 54% What  You Should Know This movie is a comedy. Not in the way “Up in The Air” is a comedy where most of the film tries to be serious and realistic and sad. This is a wacky, screwball comedy that pokes fun at caper films

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  • Inception – Is Everyone Taking Crazy Pills?

    It can’t be just me, can it?

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  • Steven Soderbergh

    Steven Soderbergh

    I haven’t written much here about Mr. Soderbergh which is somewhat surprising. I tend to talk about him quite a bit and think about him even more, so this absence shows me just how wrongheaded I have been about posting here. I will lighten up and start posting more. To sum up my feelings about

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  • Film Ratings

    Film Ratings

    How movies are assigned their ratings has become something of a hot topic in the past few years. Although I have never seen much written about the subject, listening to the commentaries on several DVD’s (Kevin Smith’s in particular) have offered some insight into how the MPAA rates films. There is of course the documentary

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  • Oliver Stapleton

    Oliver Stapleton

    Whether you are a casual moviegoer or a film buff chances are unless you are also a cinematographer you don’t pay too much attention to this particular profession. Certainly we all notice the way films look and when it is either exceptionally beautiful or painfully drab the credit nearly always falls on the person making

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  • 3D and Your Eyes

    3D and Your Eyes

    James Cameron defending 3D technology.

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  • What’s Wrong with Sentiment?

    While visiting the trailers page on Apple’s website today I saw the poster of the film The Father of My Children. On it is a quote from Gavin Smith, editor of Film Comment magazine which reads — “Deeply Moving. Incredibly tender and heartbreaking without ever getting sentimental.” I am, admittedly, a bit picky about some

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