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Russians, Knives, and Nudity: A Review of Eastern Promises
In my scouting report for the weekend movie openings I carelessly left out Eastern Promises, the new film from David Cronenberg. That was kinda dumb because I have been looking forward to this movie for a few months and if I had remembered to include it, it would have rocketed to the top of [...]
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Surveying the Field: A Vigilante, a P.E. Coach, some Journalists and a Dragon walk into a Bar
09.13.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsIt doesn’t look like the Gods of Hollywood are bestowing much bounty on us this weekend. There’s nothing in this scouting report that truly motivates me to shell out for a movie ticket. Here’s what they are foisting upon us this week, in order of the likelihood of me watching:
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Surveying the Field: Cowboys, Morons, and Brits with Guns
I like to sit in a darkened stadium with a bunch of strangers watching flickering blue light paint moving pictures on a screen. I like the smell of popcorn and the sound your sneakers make on the sticky floors. But I don’t have as much time as I used to for double features and have [...]
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Movies Worth Skipping: The Last Legion
I know, I know. The deck was stacked against it from the beginning, but I had hope somewhere deep down inside that it would still be kind of cool. The Last Legion doesn’t deliver the goods. I knew it wouldn’t be on the same level as something like Gladiator, or even the much lamented Rome [...]
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Ghosts, Pirates, and Stars: A Review of Stardust
Neil Gaiman wrote the graphic novel Stardust and Charles Vess illustrated it. It was actually less of a comic book in the sequential art sense, than it was an illustrated novella. I loved the original, although I never read the fully prosed out version that came later. The approach was fitting because the story of [...]
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I’ll Have an Order of Phoenix, Hold the Onions: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Movie Review
This Friday night at the movies, I went to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
I’ve always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the bespectacled little spell-slinger. As a longtime bookstore employee, I came to dread the summer time releases of the newest book in the series and the midnight magic [...]
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