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Dec 03 2009

Don’t Put Your Planet in the Microwave – Movie Round Up III – 2012

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The sky is falling! Oh, that was Meteor.  It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s – aliens?  Independence Day.  No, in 2012 there’s no meteor shower, space ships, or drilling on the moon.  This time, there are tsunami’s, earthquakes, and planet alignment.  In 2012, this year’s The World is Ending movie, the Earth’s core is heating [...]

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Dec 01 2009

Crash – Movie Round Up Part II – Amelia

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Yes, the blog has been having a bit of split personality disorder lately.  Or maybe it’s not the blog, maybe it’s me.  Hmm, I’ll have to think on that one. 

After Joe picked Law Abiding Citizen, it was my turn to roll the cinematic dice – we’re diplomatic that way – if you blow it, you [...]

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Nov 25 2009

Foxx Does Philly – Movie Round Up Part I

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While I still have several posts written in my head about San Diego, they’ve failed to go live due to technical difficulties – I lost my USB cord for my camera, and need to buy a card reader, I accidently deleted the pictures I meant to upload from work from my flash drive, just bonehead stuff.  So, [...]

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Apr 08 2009

Adventure-less-land

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So, on Monday, Joe and I saw Adventureland.  I was really looking forward to Adventureland — or at least I thought I was.  The truth is, I was really looking forward to the Adventureland soundtrack circa 1987, and therein lies the error of my ways – rather than sitting through a rather bland coming-of-age tale [...]

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Feb 25 2009

To Snark or Not to Stark?

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“And they don’t need me to tell them?”  What was I thinking when I wrote that yesterday? 
 
Of course, Angelina Jolie – you need my help!!
 
Actually, what I was thinking about was a review I read of David Denby’s new book, Snark: It’s Mean, It’s Personal, and It’s Ruining Our Conversation.  In the book, Denby, a film [...]

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Feb 24 2009

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So, the new blog isn’t even a week old, and already my credibility is shaky with my stinky Oscar picks. Well, at least with my best Actor pick, I may have gotten it wrong, but Sean Penn validated why I could have easily been right when he said, “I did not expect this, but [...]

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Feb 22 2009

Why I Hate Benjamin Button and My Final Picks

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This was a great year for movies.  Historically, in times of economic crisis, people flock to the movies, and this year was no different.  And, thankfully, the movies were a remarkable place for retreat – for entertainment, for introspection, and for, of course, popcorn.
Milk and the Reader raised awareness, and nudged at our collective conscience.  [...]

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Feb 20 2009

Best “Leading” Actress – Oscar 2009

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This year’s Best Actress category really calls the question, “What is a leading actress?” Is it based on actual screen time? how many actresses are actually in the movie? or is it simply a studio designation?  We know it’s not the latter, because Harvey Weinstein ran a pretty hot and heavy campaign for Kate Winslet’s [...]

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Feb 19 2009

Smackdown – Best Actor Oscar 2009

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There’s no ring, no Rocky Balboa chant, no championship belt, but this year’s Oscar race for Best Actor features two heavyweights duking it out for the coveted naked little man statuette.  I say two, because although Richard Jenkins and Frank Langella offer Oscar worthy performances, and frankly, in another year it may have been Frank [...]

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