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Film Review – What’s Your Number?
In all my life, I have never once asked anyone what their “number” is. This information falls under multiple categories that keep me from asking it, including: “None of My Business,” “Not Something To Judge Anyone By,” and “Honestly, Who Cares?” Beyond the unfortunate period…
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Film Review – The Debt
The Debt, an American remake based on the 2007 Israeli film of the same name, follows the story of three Israeli operatives set with the mission of apprehending a Nazi war criminal in East Berlin in 1966. Rachel (Jessica Chastain), Stefan (Marton Csokas), and David…
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Film Review – Colombiana
The character Xena, Warrior Princess, first appeared on the television show Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, in an episode that aired on March 13, 1995. I’m mentioning this bit of TV trivia because while watching the opening minutes of director Olivier Megaton’s new film Colombiana, I…
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Film Review – The Future
When I step back and think about it, many films don’t present a believable world of consequences. There are too many moments when an eloquent speech can undo wrongs that have been done, convincing another to bestow a second (or third, or…) chance that’s otherwise…
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Bird Watching – La Morte’s and Mendoza’s “Entre Nos”
One of my favorite things about writing this column is the motivation it gives me to poke around the depths of Netflix’s streaming catalogue, searching for women-directed films I may not have heard of, that I can check out instantly from the comfort of my…
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Film Review – The Help
I have been reluctant to write this review. I’ve been avoiding it for days, despite knowing that I have a lot to say. Sometimes you enjoy a film immensely despite undeniable flaws, and often we term that a “guilty pleasure,” an “escape,” or something along…
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Film Review – Cowboys & Aliens
If James Bond and Jason Bourne had a baby and he grew up in the Old West…if Han Solo and Harrison Ford’s curmudgeonly character from Morning Glory had a baby and he grew up in the Old West…if any alien adventure movie had a baby…
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What We’re Watching – 7/27/11
In the theater: I said good-bye to my beloved Harry Potter franchise, declining to see the press screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and review it here, in favor of seeing the midnight show with my friends, one last time. I…
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