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Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
I just saw Tron Legacy last night, and it left me thoroughly impressed. Like the original Tron, the strength of the movie does not lie in the plot, but rather in the stunning visuals. That's not to say the plot is weak. I felt this movie ...
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Stumbled across this. Simple, but interesting given how rare this is becoming.
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
I netflixed (I believe that is a word now) another movie from the Criterion Collection: Le Quai Des Brumes (translated: Port of Shadows). The movie reminds me of being part-Hitchcock, part-romance. There's this motif of a man on the run avoiding impending doom, who also happens to fall ...
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
Of all the Disney feature length cartoons, Alice In Wonderland is my favorite. The creativity and artistry put into that film I think is the high water mark of Disney animation before the decline of the 80's. It was around that time that Disney put out Peter Pan ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
I can honestly say I never thought this movie would get made. This trailer makes it probably one of the movies I am most looking forward to seeing. What makes me somewhat excited is to see they retained the original look/sound and THEY BROUGHT THE ORIGINAL CAST BACK. ...
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
I watched "The International" again last night on DVD. When I saw it in the theater I remember thinking, "Wow, the writers of this movie actually spent more than two seconds working on the dialog. That is unusual for a 21st century Hollywood movie. There are some ...
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
I saw the movie "Moon" last night at the Belcourt. I am a sucker for philosophical space movies. "Sunshine" comes to mind, "2001" also. This one carried on the tradition quite well, although it had more of a mystery feel to it than the heightened suspense that ...
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
If you've never taken a moment to check out the work of Georges Méliès, the French silent filmmaker from the early 1900's you really should. His films were incredibly innovative, and hold up well even today. "Le Voyage dans la Lune" is particularly good.
Conquest of the North Pole (1912)
The ...
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
I watched Logan's Run for the first time the other night. I'm not really sure why I hadn't seen it until now. I think partly because I've never heard anyone talk about it, but I've seen it referenced in plenty of places, at least during the 80's. ...
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
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