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Bird Watching – The Off Hours – SIFF Film Review
There’s a point in the film The Off Hours, from local writer and director Megan Griffiths, when our main character, Francine, answers a casual question about how long she’s worked as a waitress at a truck stop diner. An attractive and somewhat troubled woman, Francine…
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MacGuffin Roundtable #8 – A Simple Plan
The MacGuffin crew discuss A Simple Plan, from director Sam Raimi and starring Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton. This episode can be played online via the flash player below or it can be downloaded from here. It is available on iTunes, Zune, and Stitcher.
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What We’re Watching – 5/26/2011
Looking over some of the films I’ve recently seen, I’ve noticed that my taste in movies ranges dramatically. From a 1950s Italian comedy to a 1980s tense thriller to a 2011 movie with pirates and mermaids, it seems that there really isn’t a place in…
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Bird Watching – Lynne Ramsay’s “Ratcatcher”
There are many films that rest on the premise that people are awful to each other. Sometimes these films can be difficult to watch. The most difficult ones, for me, are the ones that show how awful children and adolescents can be to each other.…
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An Appreciation – Au Revoir Les Enfants
There comes a point in time when—tragically—the innocence and naïveté of youth moves aside and makes way for the harsh realities of the world. One can’t pinpoint exactly when this happens, as it is different for everyone. But when it does, it changes a person…
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It Is What It Is: Part Two – Characterisation in Daredevil
I didn’t get off on the best foot with Daredevil. I went to see it over the Valentine’s Day weekend of 2003. I thought two things: firstly that it would be good film, and secondly, that it would be seen as a suitable romantic gesture.…
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What We’re Watching – 5/18/11
Let’s break this down, shall we? On the big screen What have I been watching in theaters lately? (I mean, besides Bridesmaids, of course.) Because I couldn’t seem to get it together to see it in a timely fashion, I haven’t yet talked about Source…
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Bird Watching – Bridesmaids: The Morning After
You would think I had produced the film, with how desperately I wanted Bridesmaids to make a ton of money this past weekend. I’m not a person who makes a point to read box office predictions, and in this case I actively avoided it—any prediction,…
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