I don’t know where Mickey Rourke was for all these years. I don’t even know what rumors are true: if he moved to France (for various reasons) for a long, long time, if he became a true outcast of Hollywood, and why he came back to do a film like Domino. But I do know [...]
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The worst thing that can happen to any movie is the lack of a somewhat decent central story. The next worst thing that can happen is the absence of characters that actually look like they desire to be on screen – whether you hate them or love them, an emotional reaction to someone doing or [...]
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I’ve just written up my review for Gran Torino, and this Friday, on its wide release, I certainly plan on seeing the Wrestler. Now my question is this: these movies were released in the calender year of 2008. However, the wide releases for both have occurred in January of this year. Should I incorporate both [...]
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I try not to borrow others words when writing reviews, but Michael A. Smith’s blurb on Rotten Tomatoes says, in short, what I could ramble on trying to say:
“Eastwood has said that, at age 78, this may be his last time in front of the camera. I urge you not to miss a legend at [...]
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Hope everyone out there had a great new year.
For those of you who took a peak at my Final Top 10 of 2008 which I posted a few days back during last week, you may notice a few changes (which you can see in the tab up top on the page):
- Doubt is #4
- Role [...]
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It’s funny how such an ordinary view on basic human emotions can be turned into something so intense that you can’t look away, even for a moment. How something so seemingly ordinary could keep you talking days after you’ve left the theater. It’s also funny that a film like Doubt could fly under the radar [...]
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Just a quick update:
- The calendar tab on the top of the site has been updated with trailers until the end of February. Enjoy those
- The Final Top 10 of 2008 has been posted in its own tab as well
- Lastly, the 2009 tab has been set up, along with my predictions for this year [...]
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Obviously, I caught this movie a bit late (it was out in theaters briefly in the early fall), but I’m tremendously glad I saw it before 2008 ended – it was one of the biggest surprises of the year. People know all about The Office, but they don’t know about the architect behind it, Ricky [...]
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