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- Good Kill – An artistic exploration of drone assassinations
- Citizenfour – a fascinating and important topic, but a disappointing documentary
- Interstellar – Probably the best film of the year, certainly the most enjoyable!
- Laggies – a delightful little film about late-blooming misfits
- Two Days, One Night – it’s (almost) exactly what you expect it to be
- Whiplash – a disgusting, stupidly manipulative piece of absurdity.
- Still Alice – big stars, big production, but still just a Hallmark movie of the week
- Wild – it’s surprisingly well-made and fun to watch
- Black Sea – diverting, but sadly predictable
- Birdman (Or the Expected Emptiness of Pretension)
- 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
- This is Where I Leave You – the latest in a long line of “family reunion” movies
- A review of summer cinema – it was pretty grim!
- 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
- Hateship, Loveship – it goes down well
- Divergent – entertaining, but there’s a lot wrong with it
Category Archives: 2008
Twilight – An illustration of the importance of music in movies
If Twilight had a decent score, it would have been a really good movie. Instead, it had a strange and irritating score that sounded like 25% Seattle grunge and 75% hokey, semi-atonal, new-age witches music. Plus it had weird and … Continue reading
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Frozen River – a good, low-key film
I was beginning to despair of finding any decent movies this year but then finally saw Frozen River. It’s a really well-done film. Melissa Leo should have TROUNCED Kate Winslet for the Oscar; it’s a lovely, understated performance in a … Continue reading
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The 2009 Oscars – who will win?
These are NOT my picks – these are who I think the Academy will choose. Best Picture and Director: Slumdog – a new low in Oscar history: a game show wins best picture. Best Actor: Sean Penn -they finally give … Continue reading
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Vicky Christina Barcelona – not too bad, for Woody Allen
I lost interest in Woody Allen in the mid 90s. I decided that I hated almost all his work (including his early “good” stuff) in early 2000s. This film is somewhat of an exception, and might be the only Allen … Continue reading
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Man on Wire – (emotionally stunted little pygmy on a wire)
After the guy does his unbelievable wire walk between the twin towers, which he, his girlfriend and his best friend worked toward continuously for YEARS, what does the guy do? He has random sex with a stranger, becomes a complete … Continue reading
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Slumdog Millionaire – wake up people: this film is BAD!
What on earth is all the hubbub about this film?! Everyone I know raves about like it was the greatest thing in cinematic history. It won the Golden Globe and will probably win the Oscar, if the Academy can resist … Continue reading
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Synecdoche, New York – worst movie ever?
Yes, it’s the worst movie ever. Disgusting, meaningless, and totally boring. It does not get any worse than this film.
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