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Fracture
Fracture
Silence of the Legal Eagles
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 "Great plot and I am huge fan of Ryan Gosling ( I think he is probably one of the best modern young actors) but Anthony Hopkins kinda ruined the movie for me. Don't get me wrong, he is amazing but it felt like he was reprising his Hannibal role. Incredibly well educated, well-to-do, controlling figure who is playing Cat & Mouse with a young up & comer... Silence fo the Lambs all over. " [More]
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Therapy envisioning me....
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 "Documentary revolving around Metallica's time spent recording their last album, St. Anger. Masterfully directed by the same guys that made My Brother's Keeper. I am not a huge fan of Metallica (I don't own any of their stuff) and my wife doesn't care for them at all but we were both enthralled with the flick. They talk and argue like family, a very dysfunctional family, but still a family. It was interesting seeing all these gorgeous shots of SF with metal playing over them... The band lives and records there. Interesting that they had a psychologist (@ 40 K a month!!!) helping them through the rough patch. Also interesting watching Lars and James who were at each others throats band together and turn on the doc. Hah. " [More]
The Red Balloon
The Red Balloon
Stay balloon, stay! Good balloon.
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 "How did I ever miss this film. So amazingly childlike in its wonderment. 34 minutes of silent film and just brimming with emotions. I loved it. Whimsical modern fairy tale. I was amazed at how they handled the balloon. I bet it was a frustrating shoot trying to control the balloon. The color schemes were amazing. Everything but the balloon was a muted grey/brown palette and then you have this gorgeous red balloon in contrast... brilliant. Fantastic film. the main actor was actually the writer/director's son and he did a great job. What little dialog they did use was in French and even though they weren't nay subtitles, you didn't need them. Awesome. " [More]
The General
The General
The South will rise again...
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 "This is the first Buster Keaton film I've ever seen and I loved it. It was hilarious and some of his physical gags were jaw dropping in their danger and scope. Amazing to know he did them all himself. I liked the silent film style of acting. Nothing was really lost in translation. really large scale film. Interesting that it was a comedy set during the Civil War and the protagonist was on the South's side. Could you make a comedy were the protagonist was a Nazi??? " [More]
The Player
The Player
Hey, isn't that...
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 "A Robert Altman film from the early 90's, although I had look at the release date to see if it was from the 80's as it had that feel to it. It's a look at Hollywood and not a favorable one at that, but mixed with a murder. It was entertaining, but I wasn't gaga for it. It's known for having so many (around 60) celebrity cameos and while cool it was almost a little distracting. At times it was like watching a Where's Waldo movie. It did have a cool opening shot that was uninterrupted for over 7 minutes while talking about MTV style jump cuts. That was cool... " [More]
Hitman
Hitman
A,B,B,A,start...
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 "Mix movie based on video game with completely formulaic film about trained killer from secret agency who then turns on him and you have Hitman. Completely forgettable. Ripped off so many other flicks: MI2, Matrix, etc. Has there ever been a god video game based flick.... " [More]
The Ruins
The Ruins
Don't forget to water your plan ...
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 "Once again the book was infinitely better. The Ruins (the book) and I Am Legend (the book) are easily my favorite horror novels. Don't get me wrong, the adaptation wasn't near the screw-up I Am Legend was... This was a good film with lots of squirm in your seat moments. Acting was well done.Dumbed down though and they removed a lot of the psychological elements. Read the book first... " [More]
Giù la Testa
Giù la Testa
Duck, you sucker!
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 "Great western from Sergio Leone. Starred James Coburn as an Irish Revolutionary and Rod Steiger as a Mexican bandit. Neither of their accents were the best and at times Coburn just dropped his altogether. Good flick though. Coburn was awesome to watch in this. " [More]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
I got scurvy from watching this.
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 "Loved the first movie. The second one was a mess and the third.... 2 hours and 50 minutes??!?!? Could have trimmed an hour off this easily. And Wil's character turned into Jack Sparrow... actually everyone kinda did. Disappointing flick, and I hear there are thinking about a few more sequels. " [More]
Becoming Jane
Becoming Jane
Jane and her period............ ...
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 "Formulaic period piece movie. The dancing scene that is accompanied by a verbal tete a tete is a little played out now... Poor girl, should she marry for love or money. Blah, blah, blah. " [More]
Across the Universe
Across the Universe
Eddie Izzard and John Lennon???
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 "Julie Taymor's movie musical incorporating the Beatles' music. Loved the interpretations and her visual style is always amazing (Watch Titus!!! AMAZING FILM!!!). The movie was highly entertaining but I wasn't blown away by it... musicals just tend to work better on stage for me. " [More]
Planet B-Boy
Planet B-Boy
They're breakdance fighting!
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 "Documentary about the re-birth of b-boy crews world-wide. Shot incredibly well, great use of music. It did drag a little towards the middle of movie but picked up at the end. Really, really fun and good film. Had a lot more hearth than I thought. I'm still having nightmares about the danish b-boys... " [More]

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