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Romance and Cigarettes - R
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My love for Kate Winslet and Bobby Cannavale has been solidified.
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December 23, 2007
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N/A
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Protagonist - R
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I love movies about stubborn, controversial people -- especially ones that treat them as equals. Fascinating use of narrative.
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December 23, 2007
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N/A
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American Gangster - R
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Good, could've been great with a few different directing choices. Denzel amazing as usual.
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December 23, 2007
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N/A
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Blade Runner - R
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Solid, obviously, especially for 1982. But even though Ridley Scott's style works here, it's easy to see now, why American Gangster didn't *quite* work...too many close shots and fast cuts, not enough sense of scope. (Scope here is a given, shots of the cyberpunk city, etc...)
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December 23, 2007
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N/A
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Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) - PG-13
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Stunning, and I like how he used the "one eye" conceit in interesting, cinematically provocative ways. It's the best part of the film.
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December 23, 2007
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N/A
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - R
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Brilliantly put together -- editing and acting, primarily -- but there isn't much more to it than that.
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October 31, 2007
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N/A
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Ira and Abby - R
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I love movies about neurotic New Yorkers and Chris Messina isn't bad looking. That's all I needed -- if you need more, don't see it. The message is good and productive, though!
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October 16, 2007
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N/A
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The Boys in the Band - R
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Just watch it. Anyone who grew up post-Stonewall should, if they think about it, have a hard time understanding the play and its end, in which no gay man leaves the party unscathed (and the "hetero" leaves vindicated). Sure, the movie feels contemporary because the old stereotypes are there in original form: wit, rapant consumerism and debt accumulation, loneliness, tricks, art fags, it's ALL there. But looking beneath the surface the overall message is very hard to come by: is it a cautionary tale asking for gay reform? Is is a vindication of safe, long-term relationships (primarily heterosexual)? Is it saying the gays are doomed to loneliness and self-hate? Just watch it, maybe it's all and none at once. Perhaps this is just one unfortunate party with all of New York's most miserable gays -- mm.
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October 16, 2007
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N/A
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Eastern Promises - R
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Not as transcendent as History of Violence, I thought, but it was a good yarn and well done.
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September 23, 2007
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N/A
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8 Mile - R
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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Scary Movie - R
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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Donnie Darko - R
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial - PG
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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About a Boy - PG-13
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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Ocean's Eleven - PG-13
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl - PG-13
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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The Incredibles - PG
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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Finding Nemo - G
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - PG
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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Love Actually - R
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I'm a sucker for romantic urban comedies. I'm sorry. I just am.
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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Pretty Woman - R
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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Braveheart - R
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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Hitch - PG-13
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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Save the Last Dance - PG-13
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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A Cinderella Story - PG
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September 14, 2007
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N/A
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184 ratings
106 reviews
