Category Archives: movies
The Hunger Games
Jennifer Lawrence is brilliant. The movie is not. Oh, it’s fine if you need a big screen and comfy seats to rest in for 2.5 hours(!), but it will likely disappoint many hard-core fans.The fact that my seats were 10 … Continue reading
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The book is excellent and so is the movie, which glosses over the very small parts where John le Carre bemoans (through his characters, principally his villain, thereby never actually betraying the thought incontrovertibly as his own) the passing of … Continue reading
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Flash Reviews
Limitless: Never watch this film sober. Not because it’s a bad film, but because a certain level of disorientation greatly enhances your ability to appreciate the basic premise of this movie (Bradley Cooper gets hold of a “super-intelligence” drug that … Continue reading
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Black Swan, abridged.
Black Swan: The Abridged Script VINCENT CASSEL Natalie, you are perfect as the White Swan, but terrible as the Black Swan! Meanwhile, Mila Kunis is the ideal Black Swan, but she’s no White Swan! If only there were any way … Continue reading
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Hollywood and “Creative Professionals”
I want to think aloud for a bit, and maybe by the time I’m done I will have said something coherent and even something illuminating. Blogs are meant for experiments like this, after all. So. Fact 1: people who make … Continue reading
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Crowdsourcing my Film Studies paper:Film Editing in The Matrix
Well, not really- I’ve already written it, and expect to not make all that many major (content) changes, except perhaps to add a more proper introduction/conclusion. But I am actively soliciting comments here. The length is a little more than … Continue reading
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Up in the Air
Up in the Air by Jason Reitman (based on the book by Walter Kirn) is a wonderful, sad and yet oddly comforting movie. The basic plot line is simple: Ryan Bingham (played by George Clooney, but a surprisingly relatable character … Continue reading
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500 Days of Summer
I watched 500 Days of Summer in the middle of the night* yesterday and…well, I have no idea what to say about it. Oh, the movie’s very well shot and the soundtrack is awesome and everything’s very tastefully done and … Continue reading
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Quote of the Week: Because Some People Need Reminding
“When you read the book,it’s like, ‘Edward Cullen was so beautiful I creamed myself.’ I mean, every line is like that. He’s the most ridiculous person who’s so amazing at everything. I think a lot of actors tried to play … Continue reading
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“And mee with thee hath ruind, for with thee…”
Pixar’s Up: Paradise Lost at Paradise Falls | Overthinking It “And mee with thee hath ruind, for with thee Certain my resolution is to Die; How can I live without thee, how forgoe Thy sweet Converse and Love so dearly … Continue reading
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