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An Appreciation – Some Like it Hot
Billy Wilder’s screwball classic Some Like it Hot (1959) left such an impression on me that I can still remember the exact time and place where I first watched it. I was eighteen years old, attending my first year of college. In the main student…
READ MORETop 10 Films of 2010 – Allen’s Picks
Obviously, to limit the amount of good films that come out in a single year to only ten is ultimately unreasonable. To take a group of films and say, “these are the best of the year” is a pretty bold statement, because there are a…
READ MOREFilm Review – Season of the Witch
While sitting through the duration of Season of the Witch (2011), I couldn’t help but look at actor Nicolas Cage with curiosity and fascination. This is an actor that has had the most peculiar of careers. One thing is for sure: he is a very…
READ MOREFilm Review – Little Fockers
What the fock? Little Fockers (2010) continues to repeat a joke that wasn’t funny even in Meet the Parents (2000). Let’s just get this out of the way: yes, Ben Stiller’s character is named Gaylord Focker. Yes, he has a first name that hasn’t been…
READ MOREFilm Review – Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) doesn’t just take what we know of Santa Claus and flips him on his head, it also throws him in the blender, breaks him down, builds him back up, gives him fangs and a mean attitude. Written and directed…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Tourist
Man, beautiful people get to have all the fun, especially if they are wealthy beautiful people. They get to wear the best looking clothes, they get to go to the most beautiful places on earth, stay at the trendiest hotels, and eat the best kind…
READ MOREFilm Review: Part 3 – The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (2010) picks up literally where Fire leaves off. It completes the story of one of the most interesting and endearing characters of recent film memory. There isn’t a person that comes to mind that is like Lisbeth Salander…
READ MOREFilm Review: Part 2 – The Girl Who Played With Fire
There are many questions that surround Lisbeth Salander. She has an enormous tattoo of a dragon on her back, but we don’t know how she got it or why. She has sex with her girlfriend, but it’s not so much an expression of love but…
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