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Film Review – Turn Me On, Dammit!
Turn Me On, Dammit! (2011) is a Norwegian film about 15-year-old Alma (Helene Bergsholm), who is stuck in a small town she hates. She has a mad crush on Artur (Matias Myren), a local hottie, and she is horny. She is not a pervert and…
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Film Review – Goodbye First Love
Goodbye First Love is a character study of young love, with no developed characters, or examination, or realistic love. At the start of the central relationship, they are two typical, over-involved kids. Camille (Lola Créton) is fifteen and certain she is in love with Sullivan…
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Film Review – Headhunters
It is hard to feel any real passion, negative or positive, for Headhunters (2011). While the film has its moments, director Morten Tyldum’s thriller has a real sense of been-there-done-that with much of what is happening. We are introduced to Roger (Aksel Hennie), a pleasant-looking…
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An Analysis – Storytelling in Oliver Stone’s “JFK”
Oliver Stone’s JFK (1991) is a film that brings up many strong emotions. Many see it as evidence of massive government corruption and conspiracies. Others see it as director Stone playing fast and loose with history to tell events the way he wants to see…
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Film Review – Damsels in Distress
I have no idea what I just watched, but I had fun watching it. In trying to describe Damsels in Distress, it has been a struggle to be accurate without making the film seem too weird. It took at least ten minutes before I could…
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Film Review – Goon
Goon (2011) is a comedy straight down the middle, doing nothing new, but it does keep a good sense of humor. It takes on a well-used idea of the man who starts out as a loser and then gets his shot to be something more.…
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Underappreciated Film – Bugsy
Barry Levinson’s 1991 film Bugsy being close to forgotten is somewhat believable when you look at some of the other movies that came out that year: JFK, Thelma & Louise, The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, and Prince of Tides, to name…
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An Analysis – Oscar Predictions
Well, what a weak year it has been. Not that there haven’t been movies and performances that I have liked, but nothing is easy to point to and say: “this is a great piece of cinema that deserve accolades and will be talked about years…
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