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What We’re Watching – 12/14/11
Last Man Standing Much of my adolescent movie-watching years were spent during Bruce Willis’s tough guy box office reign. Films like Die Hard, The Last Boy Scout, and even the rather disappointing Striking Distance were top priority for my film watching time. When the film…
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Film Review – Shame
In modern society, technology has made privacy something of a rarity. Even if you choose not to participate in the hubbub of social networking and other various internet activities, chances are something about you is somewhere online. Privacy is something society has cherished for a…
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Film Review – London Boulevard
Just released from prison, Mitchell (Colin Farrell) is a criminal who just wants to go straight. Most importantly, he never wants to do time again. As is the case with most criminals in stories like this, Mitchell’s life is surrounded with people who are steeped…
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Film Review – Anonymous
When the tagline of your film is “Was Shakespeare a fraud?,” you’re immediately courting controversy. Then, when your film proposes the idea that someone besides Shakespeare really wrote all his plays, and the man himself was simply an opportunistic actor who took advantage of a…
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Film Review – Drive
It is a rare ability for a film to both rely on a sense of nostalgia and simultaneously introduce something new that is its own. Drive, a neo-noir thriller from director Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Valhalla Rising), is a perfect example of one of those…
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Film Review – Chasing Madoff
The best documentaries are usually the ones that guide you to a desired idea without really letting on that you’re being guided in the first place. Even the most slanted documentary can, through sleight of hand, misguide you on how you came to the conclusion…
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Film Review – Fright Night
When thinking of the original 1985 film Fright Night, the first thing that comes to mind is Chris Sarandon, as the film’s antagonist Jerry Dandrige, standing at the top of his staircase mocking the late night monster show host Peter Vincent. “Welcome to Fright Night.”…
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Film Review – 30 Minutes or Less
Dark comedies are a fickle bunch. I can imagine this statement is just as true for filmmakers as it is for audiences. There’s a fine line that must be maintained between danger and humor, and as humor is a defense mechanism, it would seem that…
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