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Zero Dark Thirty
I saw Zero Dark Thirty this afternoon and it is a stupendous work of cinema and the best movie of 2012 by far. Though you know the the events from recent history, Kathryn Bigelow still manages to...
View ArticleNemesis
I watched Star Trek: Nemesis for the first time in a decade, and all the bad memories of that movie came flooding back. Now I’m definitely not a fan of Abrams Trek, but Nemesis displayed all the very...
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Ruby Sparks
I finally saw Ruby Sparks tonight, and it was so good I watched it twice. All I can say is that I’m totally smitten by Zoe Kazan, who not only plays the aforementioned character, but she wrote this...
View ArticleBattle Bourne
I found myself enjoying The Bourne Legacy far more than I expected. For a reboot, it does a commendable job of advancing the franchise beyond Matt Damon. I’ve always loved the Bourne movies for being...
View ArticleI Rewatch It For You
I caught Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood on some cable channel tonight. First time I’d watched it since 1991. Time has not done that movie any favors. I’m not just talking about the terrible attempts at...
View ArticleWe Can Remake It For You, Wholesale
Finally caught the remake of Total Recall, and I was not impressed. For all of its whiz-bang fury, it feels totally soulless. Part of that is the recycling of almost everything from the 1990 movie,...
View ArticleThe Five-Year Engagement
Caught The Five-Year Engagement on HBO, and I was struck by how closely it mirrored my life. Well, not the part of being engaged to Emily Blunt, but rather how it shifts between San Francisco and Ann...
View ArticleAnnus Horribilis
Few people had a worse year in 2012 than Taylor Kitsch. One of the standouts from Friday Night Lights parlayed this into two of the biggest box office bombs of the year, John Carter and Battleship. The...
View ArticleOscar Night In America
Disappointed in Argo winning Best Picture tonight. I felt it really over-dramatized many events for the sake of the screen, as well as whitewashed the accomplishments of a Latino American by having the...
View ArticleGatekeepers
I really want to see this documentary; it’s the first time that former heads of Shin Bet have been interviewed. It recently opened in Seattle, and I’m startled to realize that I haven’t seen a movie...
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