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- Wild – it’s surprisingly well-made and fun to watch
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- Mr. Turner – Planet of the Ape
- The Imitation Game – It’s an abomination
- A Brief Word on the 2014 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
- Kill The Messenger – The important and tragic story of Gary Webb, the mainstream media, and the CIA
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- The Trip to Italy – It never should have been made
- A Most Wanted Man – Superficially entertaining, but poorly-made and overrated
- Magic in the Moonlight – It’s pissing me off!
- The Purge: Anarchy – Surprisingly, it’s rather good
- I Origins – ambitious and entertaining
- Boyhood – a bit one dimensional, but its one dimension is lovely, impressive and fun to experience
- Obvious Child – cute, dignified and gutsy
- Snowpiercer – a fantastic, riveting science fiction action allegory
- Edge of Tomorrow – it’s fairly entertaining
- Begin Again – confronting the future of pop music head-on
- The Fault in Our Stars – not super-moving, but definitely enjoyable
- Hellion – a gritty tale of fucked up parents and children
- Night Moves – a cool, subtle portrayal of hippy-liberal activism turned violent
- Cold In July – an outstandingly fun and unusual film, and a paean for the 1980s
- 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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- Divergent – entertaining, but there’s a lot wrong with it
Category Archives: Films of the 2000s
Collateral (2004) – what kind of assassin is this guy?!
In Collateral, Tom Cruise plays the worst assassin ever. What kind of assassin dresses like that? Ridiculous bouffant grey hair, a raggy grey beard, an immaculate, bright silver suit, ridiculous sun glasses at night? The guy sticks out like a sore … Continue reading
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Game Over: Kasparov and The Machine (2003) – Quaint, but in hindsight rather silly.
I recently caught up with the old documentary Game Over: Kasparov and The Machine, about the famous match where the IBM chess super-computer Deep Blue defeated the world champion Gary Kasparov. I mainly watched this because I enjoyed following the World … Continue reading
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003) – The United States vs. Hugo Chavez
In the aftermath of Hugo Chavez’s death, I was moved to re-watch The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, the brilliant documentary of the failed U.S.-backed coup directed against him and his democratically elected administration. Of course you can’t rent or … Continue reading
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) – An Appreciation
The night three years ago when I watched Emily Rose, my wife was out of town and I was alone in the house. I figured it would be another toothless horror film, and I rented it mainly because it was … Continue reading
The Treatment (2006) – A movie divided against itself
My wife and I watched this because we are Chris Eigeman fans from the glory years of the Indie Renaissance of the 1990’s, when he stared in Whit Stillman’s two masterpieces from that era, Metropolitan and Barcelona. I feel Eigeman’s … Continue reading
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Wet Hot American Summer (2001) – hmmmmm ….
I read on the internet somewhere that Wet Hot American Summer is a cult phenomenon in New York City. I haven’t noticed any evidence of this in my 17 years living here. My wife and I streamed this on Netflix because we are … Continue reading
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A Good Year (2006) – sweet and earnest, despite some bumpy comedy
My wife and I have decided to do a survey of wine movies, and so I pulled this one out of the dark reaches of forgotten, critically-damned films from the last decade. I’ve never been a Ridley Scott fan, and … Continue reading
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Triple Agent (2004) – Eric Rohmer does a “normal” film
I had never seen one of Eric Rohmer’s “normal” films before watching Triple Agent. The films of his that I love, and there are many, are all from the thematic collections that built his cult fame: the Moral Tales, Comedies … Continue reading
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I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With – profoundly unfunny
What is most shocking about I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With is how completely unfunny it is. It is apparently based on Jeff Garland’s one man show, and perhaps that show was funny, but this adaptation is a complete … Continue reading
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Black Book – not a great movie, but a good story, decently told
Before I begin this review: Is it just me, or are these filmmakers fixated on Carice Van Houten’s boobs? Scenes where her shirt gets ripped off her body seem to be something of a unifying theme throughout the film, and … Continue reading
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