Posts Tagged ‘The Office’
Film Review – The Ritual
Another year, another exorcism movie. At this point, we’ve seen so many films that claim that the exorcisms depicted in them are “Based On A True Story” that I’d be surprised if we got one that didn’t have it. From The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), The Conjuring (2013), to…
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Film Review – The Mountain Between Us
Romance? Adventure? Survival? A dog? Hany Abu-Assad’s new film The Mountain Between Us (2017) contains all of those things and more! But is it any good? Well it’s got some decent performances and beautiful scenery. It’s also kind of preposterous and silly. But wait! Before…
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Film Review – The Love Witch (Second Take)
I’m a little depressed right now. Actually, I’m a lotta depressed right now. It’s November 15, 2016 and a week ago my country elected an open racist and misogynist as president. Sigh. I’m tired and I don’t want to write about movies. I don’t even…
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Film Review – Inside Out
Unless you’ve been living in a cave or Dreamworks writing room the last few months, chances are you’ve caught glimpse of the relentlessly adorable marketing campaign for Pixar‘s Inside Out. Directed by Pete Docter, the stalwart, visionary leader behind Monsters, Inc. and Up, Inside Out might…
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SXSW Film Review – The Little Death
When it comes to sex, everyone has preferences. Each person has things that turn them on more than others. Often for most, those proclivities are pretty tame. A certain touch or a certain position or simply the particular looks of a given partner might be…
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Film Review – The Inbetweeners Movie
For a long time I’ve been resistant to British comedy. I enjoyed Mr. Bean and Fawlty Towers as a kid, but as time has gone on, my enthusiasm for them has waned. I’ve never gotten into recent shows like The Office, and the best theory…
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What We’re Watching – 2/1/2012
In Name Only (1939) Wealthy businessman Alec Walker (Cary Grant) is unhappily married to Maida (Kay Francis), a schemer who married him for money, not love. He learned of her deceit shortly after they were married, but she has his parents and society fooled into…
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What We’re Watching – 9/28/2011
Cruising Cruising is the story of cop Steve Burns (Al Pacino), who has accepted the task of going undercover to investigate the murders of several gay men in New York City during the late seventies. He has no police backup, can’t tell his girlfriend what…
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