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On Skyfall, part one.

November 3, 2011

They, ah… they announced the name of the new Bond flick today. I gotta say that with Sam Mendes directing, Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes as bad guys, and Albert Finney as the Defence Secretary (or whatever he’s playing), this is as promising a cast as EON’s ever going to assemble. Unfortunately, it seems that [...]

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A modest proposal re the Oscars.

February 27, 2011

Many a movie-lover can think of the Oscar selection that made them stop respecting the Academy. For me, it was when Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture over Saving Private Ryan. For older film buffs, or real students of the cinema, it probably happened a lot earlier. I’m no film critic or student of the [...]

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“Some other way.”

April 18, 2010

WARNING: Spoilers ahead with no spoiler-text. Proceed at your own peril. Yesterday I watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest for the first time in quite some time. It’s a great adaptation of a great book; it’s well-written and well-directed and every single actor nails every single note; and it’s fun to see so many [...]

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My review of The Road.

December 20, 2009

WARNING: Spoilers and spoiler-text ahead. If you haven’t seen the movie yet and do not wish to have any clue or hint revealed unto you, don’t read this post. To view the spoiler-text, move the cursor over the black marks. Also, I didn’t call this “On The Road” because that’s a Kerouac title. I don’t [...]

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On Star Trek, or, “The nerdiest post I’ve ever written.”

May 11, 2009

WARNING: Spoilers and spoiler-text ahead. If you haven’t seen the movie yet and do not wish to have any clue or hint revealed unto you, don’t read this post. To view the spoiler-text, move the mouse cursor over the black marks. When I first heard that Star Trek was going the way of the re-boot, I [...]

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I custodiet ipsos custodes.

March 9, 2009

(The translation doesn’t quite work, but I got tired of trying to find the right one.) WARNING: Spoilers ahead. If you haven’t seen the movie yet and do not wish to have any clue or hint revealed unto you, don’t read this post. Also, go read the book. I wonder how many people who knew [...]

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On Quantum of Solace, part two.

November 19, 2008

WARNING: Spoilers ahead. If you haven’t seen the movie yet and do not wish to have any clue or hint revealed unto you, don’t read this post. Also, I didn’t spend a whole lot of time editing this one, so… yeah. First, Quantum of Solace (hereafter QOS) is not the typical 007 flick. There’s no “Bond, James [...]

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On The Dark Knight, part two.

August 11, 2008

WARNING: Spoilers ahead. If you haven’t seen the movie yet and do not wish to have any clue or hint revealed unto you, don’t read this post. The more I think about this movie, the more I think of edits that could have made it better (in my humble, non-Oscar-winning, never-been-trusted-with-a-$185-million-budget-and-delivered-a-great-movie opinion), and the more [...]

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On The Dark Knight.

July 18, 2008

WARNING: Spoilers ahead. If you haven’t seen the movie yet and do not wish to have any clue or hint revealed unto you, don’t read this post. ADDENDUM TO WARNING: Thanks to a new plug-in, I can now hide text with the “spoiler tag.” If you want to read the spoiler text, move yer mouse [...]

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On Quantum of Solace, part one.

January 24, 2008

They’ve announced the title of the next 007 flick: Quantum of Solace. It’s an interesting choice, because it was the title of a short story that had nothing to do with spies, explosions, gadgets, or any of the staples of the James Bond series. In fact, his only involvement is as part of the frame story: [...]

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On The Simpsons Movie.

July 31, 2007

SPOILER ALERT: If you don’t want to know oh come on. The show’s been on forever, which means that you’ve essentially already seen this movie. Once upon a time, there was a very funny TV show called The Simpsons. It was well-written, clever yet unpretentious, and was always good for at least one bout of hysterical, [...]

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