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Archive for October, 2008
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Sidney Lumet: Power (1986)
Posted on October 25, 2008 | No CommentsDirector: Sidney Lumet Writer: David Himmelstein Genre: Drama The Story Pete St. John (Richard Gere) is a political campaign manager for hire who is willing to work with just about anyone if the price is right. He even takes on a person who he has... -
Movie Review – Max Payne (2008)
Posted on October 23, 2008 | No CommentsDirector: John Moore Writer: Beau Thorne (screenplay) and Sam Lake (video game by Remedy Entertainment and 3-D Realms Entertainment) Genre: Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller Those who know of the video game will know what to expect; that is a movie base on a video game. I would have... -
Family Guy Volume 6 on DVD
Posted on October 21, 2008 | 3 CommentsEarlier this week I was contacted by M80 on behalf of 20th Century Fox regarding the release of the New Family Guy DVD. Typically I don’t talk about TV because I don’t watch much, but I always liked Family Guy when I watched it back... -
Sidney Lumet: The Verdict (1982)
Posted on October 21, 2008 | No CommentsDirector: Sidney Lumet Writer: Barry Reed (novel) and David Mamet (screenplay) Genre: Drama The Story Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) is a lawyer who has had his share of the system and is slowly drifting away to a poor lawyer’s demise when his friend Mickey Morrissey... -
Movie Review – The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Posted on October 19, 2008 | No CommentsDirector: Gina Prince-Bythewood Writer: Gina Prince-Bythewood (screenplay) and Sue Monk Kidd (novel) Genre: Drama The Story Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning) lives a poor life with an abusive father after a terrible accident involving her mother’s death. Lily constantly has her mother’s death on her mind... -
Sidney Lumet: Deathtrap (1982)
Posted on October 17, 2008 | No CommentsDirector: Sidney Lumet Writer: Ira Levin (play) and Jay Presson Allen (screenplay) Genre: Comedy/Crime/Mystery/Thriller The Story Deathtrap follows a play writer (Michael Caine) who is at the end of his game; all of his new plays are duds. While he is sulking over his last... -
Review Blitz #13
Posted on October 15, 2008 | No CommentsMeet Bill (2007) Meet Bill was a movie that I did not have high hopes for, but it turned out to be a lot better than I thought it would be. It gets high marks in the odd category which is always something I am... -
Cleaning Up The Sidebar
Posted on October 14, 2008 | 4 CommentsEvery now and then I decide to get adventurous and clean up the sidebar of DMR. It turns out a had a few dead links on it and that is a real no no in the Google guide to getting more traffic and making good... -
Sidney Lumet: Prince of the City (1981)
Posted on October 13, 2008 | No CommentsDirector: Sidney Lumet Writer: Robert Daley (book) and Jay Presson Allen (screenplay) Genre: Drama The Story Daniel Ciello (Treat Williams) is a New York City narcotics detective who decides to do the right thing and report the corruption in the police force. The film follows... -
Review Blitz #12
Posted on October 9, 2008 | No CommentsTeeth (2007) This one was recommended a while back, but it took me a while to actually see it. After watching it I really didn’t have a lot to say (this makes it an ideal candidate for a review blitz). Teeth was surely made with...
