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- Night Moves – a cool, subtle portrayal of hippy-liberal activism turned violent
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- Austenland – so horrible, I’m speechless
- Elena – 80 minutes of torture
- Lucky Them – Toni Collette takes center stage and lights up the screen!
- Belle – it means well, but God is it slow (and dull)
- Finding Vivian Maier – an okay documentary on a fascinating artist
- The German Doctor (Wakolda) – Diverting, but feels more than a little contrived
- Chef – it’s heart is in the right place
- Jodorowsky’s Dune – a bizarre and amazing documentary
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Category Archives: 2010
Black Death – avoid, unless you are studying violent death in the Middle Ages
The only purpose of this film is to show (in graphic detail) all the different ways someone could die violently in the Middle Ages. That’s what they are referring to when they describe the film as “historically rooted.” They pretty … Continue reading
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Meek’s Cutoff – God Awful!
Jesus, you figure that if all those actors and filmmakers dragged themselves all the way out to the middle of fucking nowhere to shoot this film they could have at least filmed a fucking ENDING for the movie! I can … Continue reading
Country Strong – It’s great!
Don’t pay any attention to the critics. Country Strong is a wonderful movie, probably one of the best films from 2010, in my opinion. And ignore the movie trailer which made it look like some throwaway piece of trash. Country … Continue reading
Posted in 2010
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Dinner for Schmucks – better than expected
The critics hated Dinner for Schmucks because it is based on a fundamentally negative depiction of rich, powerful people. I am noticing this more and more: decent films that are panned and total flops, which curiously also depict the rich and … Continue reading
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You Again – Poor Kristen Bell
What on earth is Kristen Bell doing to her career? Anyone who has ever seen Veronica Mars knows what a great on-screen quantity she is – attractive in an unusual way, great sarcastic comic delivery, good all-around actress. Why does … Continue reading
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The Runaways – great subject, but rather poorly done
I really wanted to like The Runaways because I like that band – I think they were cool and I think their music was cool. Their music was part of the last dying breath of real Rock & Roll, before … Continue reading
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The Way Back – (it takes a looooooooong time)
I’ll give The Way Back one thing: Peter Weir definitely took his time telling this story, and I respect that. The problem is he didn’t fill that time with much of anything. The set-up is poor, and there is not … Continue reading
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Love and Other Drugs – not as bad as the critics would have you believe
Love and Other Drugs got panned by critics and was a flop because it portrays the pharmaceutical industry in a negative light, simple as that. The reality is that this movie was a lot better than I expected. Basically the … Continue reading
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All Good Things – Kiki lights up the screen in this interesting, unpredictable thriller
Have you ever noticed that films presenting a negative depiction of rich people don’t get big releases, don’t do very well at the box office, and don’t get very good reviews? My wife and I avoided All Good Things when … Continue reading
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Monsters – a really good indie Sci Fi film
Monsters is a really cool film. It’s an indie Sci-Fi monster movie: no-name actors, tiny special effects budget, no distribution. But watching it you immediately see what is missing from the formulaic, CGI embarrassments that have become so ubiquitous these … Continue reading
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