Thursday, February 15, 2007

Trailer for Brief Encounter

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A little V-Day magic, courtesy of David Lean, 1945. Celia Johnson - not unattractive.
Friday, December 08, 2006

Another Woman

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1988 Dir: Woody Allen ( The Purple Rose of Cairo ; Love and Death ; Husbands and Wives ; Annie Hall ; Crimes and Misdemeanors ; Manhattan ;...
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

The Purple Rose of Cairo

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1985 Dir: Woody Allen ( Love and Death ; Husbands and Wives ; Annie Hall ; Crimes and Misdemeanors ; Manhattan ; Deconstructing Harry ; Ha...

Scary Mary

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It's final's week. You can't expect too much. In the meantime: Dude, weak.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006

The Young Girls of Rochefort

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1967 Dir: Jacques Demy ( The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ; Donkey Skin ) Demy's flirtation with the American musical continues, and this tim...
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Various Stuff About Nonhumans That Talk

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Two things. First, dig: Second, they're going to ruin Marcus's favorite kid's movie: Sci Fi Channel is planning a miniseries for...
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Butterfield 8

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1960 Dir: Daniel Mann (Come Back, Little Sheba; The Rose Tatoo; The Teahouse of the August Moon; In Like Flint) Elizabeth Taylor took down a...
Sunday, November 12, 2006

Reds

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1981 Dir: Warren Beatty (Heaven Can Wait; Dick Tracy; Bulworth) Beatty channels Pasternak in this Zhivago-esque romantic epic about communis...
Thursday, November 09, 2006

The Hidden Fortress

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1958 Dir: Akira Kurosawa ( The Lower Depths ; The Bad Sleep Well ; Kagemusha ; Ikiru ; Red Beard ; High and Low ) AK, the master of explori...
Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Borat

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Director- Larry Charles (Lots of Sitcoms) This was a pretty funny movie. I laughed very very hard. The EW cover that said "Is this the ...
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Saturday, November 04, 2006

Platoon

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Director- Oliver Stone ( Alexander ) One of my old favorites I revisited recently. This is a complex film. Charlie Sheen is Chris Taylor, a ...
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Fidel

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2001 Dir: Estela Bravo (The Cuban Excludables) Hero worshiping propaganda piece about the long time dictator of Cuba. Not that I am opposed...
Saturday, October 14, 2006

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

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2004 Dir: Paul W. S. Anderson (Mortal Kombat; Resident Evil) I was left out of the great AVP fest in its initial release. And I want to be ...
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Thursday, October 12, 2006

The Departed

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Director- Martin Scorcese ( The Color of Money ) When Martin Scorcese is at the top of his form, few directors can match him. I consider Rag...

In Memoriam: The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

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2002 Dir: John Stainton (Crocodile Hunter TV Series; first film) Every once in a while, I watch a film where the context of viewing overtake...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006

The Passion of Joan of Arc

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1928 Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer (Vampyr; Day of Wrath) I was a fool to wander and astray Straight is the gate and narrow the way Now I have t...
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The Woodsman

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2004 Dir: Nicole Kassell (First film) Gutsy film dancing around the edges of a sympathetic view of a child molester. Kevin Bacon, after his...
Monday, October 09, 2006

Days of Heaven

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1978 Dir: Terrence Malick (Badlands; The Thin Red Line; The New World) There are some films that one is too young to understand. When I fir...

Love and Death

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1975 Dir: Woody Allen ( Husbands and Wives ; Annie Hall ; Crimes and Misdemeanors ; Manhattan ; Deconstructing Harry ; Hannah and Her Sister...

Syriana

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2005 Dir: Stephen Gaghan (Abandon) Paul makes a Godfather II comparison to this film in his previous review . I cannot be sure that his su...
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Monday, October 02, 2006

The Science of Sleep

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Director- Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) What a great movie. Really, really fabulous. An interrogation of the subcons...
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Saturday, September 30, 2006

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

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1920 Dir: Robert Wiene (Raskolnikov; Panic in Chicago; A Night in Venice) At the behest of a reader , I watched this classic of silent hor...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

In Memoriam: Gilda

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1946 Dir: Charles Vidor (Hans Christian Anderson; The Joker is Wild; Rhapsody) Glenn Ford passed recently. One of those incredibly prolifi...
Thursday, September 21, 2006

Breathless

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1960 Dir: Jean-Luc Godard ( Alphaville ) I don't think Godard and I are going to get along. Sure, he's an OK guy and all. I certa...
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Monday, September 11, 2006

Husbands and Wives

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1992 Dir: Woody Allen ( Annie Hall ; Crimes and Misdemeanors ; Manhattan ; Deconstructing Harry ; Hannah and Her Sisters ) Yet another maste...
Sunday, September 10, 2006

Annie Hall

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1978 Oscar Winner Best Picture, Actress, Writing and Direction Dir: Woody Allen ( Crimes and Misdemeanors ; Manhattan ; Deconstructing Har...
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Saturday, September 09, 2006

Crimes and Misdemeanors

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1990 Dir: Woddy Allen ( Manhattan ; Deconstructing Harry ; Hannah and Her Sisters ) Allen interprets Crime and Punishment in this dark, funn...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

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2002 Dir: Ron Underwood ( City Slickers ) Dare I say it? Not as bad as I was lead to believe Eddie Murphy science fiction vehicle. Now, I...
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Monday, August 28, 2006

In Memoriam: City Slickers

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1991 Dir: Ron Underwood (Tremors; Mighty Joe Young; The Adventures of Pluto Nash; In the Mix) Bruno Kirby has passed on. While a verteran c...
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Sunday, August 27, 2006

Little Miss Sunshine

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Director- Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris The "Road Movie" is a rather archetypical sort of movie. Motley assorted crew travels...
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