Archive for January, 2009

  • Movie Review – 28 Days Later (2002)

    Movie Review – 28 Days Later (2002)

    Director: Danny Boyle Writer: Alex Garland Genre: Horror/Thriller It’s been quite some time since I watched 28 Days Later. Even after a few viewings I still like it though. The result is that I have one big suggestion. If you have already seen this movie...

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  • Review Blitz #17

    Review Blitz #17

    Blitz, blitz, blitz.  It seems like I have done a lot of these lately, but I am just so far behind on reviews as compared to how many movies I have watched that it is going to be impossible to catch up.  The only way...

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  • Movie Review – La Dolce Vita (1960)

    Movie Review – La Dolce Vita (1960)

    Director: Federico Fellini Writer: Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano Genre: Drama Federico Fellini’s masterpiece La Dolce Vita is a film that is hard to give just in a review. On the one hand we have a seemingly disjointed, non-sensical mess of a film, but on...

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  • Review Blitz #16

    Review Blitz #16

    Anamorph (2007) Willem Dafoe is usually pretty good, but this is not one of his best movies at all. His character is not very interesting and the story just didn’t flow well. I liked the concept of a murderer which makes art out of his...

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  • Movie Review – Into Great Silence (2005)

    Movie Review – Into Great Silence (2005)

    Director: Philip Gröning Writer: Philip Gröning Genre: Documentary Story A documentary of the life of Carthusian Monks in the head monastery of the Carthusian order; the Grande Chartreuse. The Grande Chartreuse is in the Chartreuse mountains north of Grenoble in France. These monks live a...

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  • Review Blitz #15

    Review Blitz #15

    Death Race (2008) This was one I knew wasn’t going to be very good, but I really wanted to see anyway. Honestly, it wasn’t horrible, but it definitely doesn’t deserve any awards. If you are looking for some crazy carnage with your well known mediocre...

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  • Movie Review – Labyrinth (1986)

    Movie Review – Labyrinth (1986)

    Director: Jim Henson Writer: Dennis Lee and Jim Henson Genre: Adventure/Family/Fantasy/Musical Story Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is left at home with her screaming brother while her parents decide to go out. Sarah mistakenly decides to say the secret words that make the goblins from a fantasy...

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  • Transition to WordPress

    Transition to WordPress

    The move to WordPress has been going well, but there is a lot of work to do. I have started to go through the old posts and retag and link them. This is very tedious work, but I think I will feel a lot better...

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  • Movie Review – Seven Pounds (2008)

    Movie Review – Seven Pounds (2008)

    Director: Gabriele Muccino Writer: Grant Nieporte Genre: Drama Story Ben Thomas (Will Smith) is an IRS agent on a mission to drastically change the lives of seven strangers. While on his quest he meets Emily Posa (Rosario Dawson) who is in desperate need of a...

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  • Movie Review – Yes Man (2008)

    Movie Review – Yes Man (2008)

    Director: Peyton Reed Writer: Nicholas Stoller and Jarrad Paul Genre: Comedy Story The story is fairly well known with this one, but many compare it to Liar Liar and I think there is only two reasons to make that comparison. It has Jim Carrey and...

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