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| Name | Maxwell Demon |
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| Gender | Male |
| I'm From | Albuquerque, NM |
| Member For | 148 days |
| Last Login | Tue. May 13 |
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| Age | 29 |
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| Movie: | WAY too many to mention here. Gozu, Dogville, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, Gummo, Brazil, Jacob's Ladder, 8 1/2, The Pillow Book, Irreversible, The Piano Teacher, Eraserhead, El Topo, The Big Lebowski, Children of Men, Videodrome, 2046, Suspiria, Clean, Shaven, Eyes Wide Shut, Little Children, This Is England, Schizopolis, The Sweet Hereafter, Good Night, and Good Luck, Happiness, Velvet Goldmine, Road to Perdition, I Heart Huckabees, anything with Nick Frost in it as well.. |
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| Actor: | NICK FROST (can you tell I love him?), James Gandolfini, Mark Addy, Ray Winstone |
| Director: | Takashi Miike, David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Cronenberg, Michael Haneke, Frederico Fellini, Terry Gilliam, Wong Kar-Wai, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Wes Anderson, Derek Jarman, Peter Greenaway, Lars Von Trier, The Coen Bros., Gaspar Noe,Guillermo del Toro, Dario Argento, Lodge Kerrigan, David Fincher, Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, Atom Egoyan, Stanley Kubrick, Ken Russell, Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell, Werner Herzog, Todd Haynes, Todd Field, Todd Solondz, Sam Mendes, Ang Lee |
| Quote: | "Reality is nothing but a collective hunch." -Lily Tomlin |
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Not much to say. Big movie geek. I watch movies and write screenplays in my spare time (of which there is very little) between work and school. Also, I love Nick Frost. What, you guessed that already?
For a glance at my collection: http://eskaton666.dvdaf.com/owned Here's how I rate things: 5 stars: Amazing 4 1/2: Pretty damn close to amazing 4: Really, really good 3 1/2: I really liked it 3: Pretty good 2 1/2: Not bad, but not really good either 2: Had some moments, but not enough 1 1/2: Maybe had a moment, otherwise awful 1: Awful 1/2: Are you kiddin me with this? Not interested/No stars: Must be destroyed |
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Mute Witness
R
Impressive thriller, chock full of suspense and humor in an even keel. The script is somewhat preposterous at times, but ultimately this makes for a good time at the movies. Alec Guinness makes his final screen appearance in an unbilled role.
Black Narcissus
Unrated
Lush and beautifully rendered Powell and Pressburger melodrama that, though dated, still remains an important entry in cinema history. Amazingly filmed entirely in Pinewood Studios.
Jindabyne
R
Near perfect rumination on the kaleidescope of human emotion, told in a hauntingly voyeuristic manner. Based on a Raymond Carver short story, the script by Beatrix Christian really fleshes out the concepts of guilt, detachment and isolation that resonate through this multifaceted masterpiece. Recommended for those who appreciated Todd Field's 'In the Bedroom' or David Cronenberg's 'A History of Violence.'
The Shadow
PG-13
I'll admit that I had no desire to see this, so when it actually kept my attention with the great production design and the occasional chuckle, not to mention a better then average cast for this type of fare, I ended up liking it in spite of myself.
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
PG-13
A unique vision of the mind of a man prisoner in his own skin. Marred only by moments of pretension, Julian Schnabel creates a film tempered with humor and thoughtfulness that helps buoy the otherwise melancholy material. Highly recommended.
Hitman
R
Perhaps I'm being a little generous with this very two-dimensional film (as far as storyline goes), but stylistically, it held my interest for its appropriately modest running time. Timothy Olyphant shows no emotion well (now whether that's a good thing...) and I particularly liked Olga Kurylenko's role that was very similar (i not identical to) Asia Argento's role in xXx. Nonetheless, if you have a few beers in ya some Saturday afternoon and want to watch shit blow up, give it a shot.
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No Country for Old Men
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One of the Coen Bros. best to date. A perfect blend of almost unbearable tension and offbeat humor set amongst the backdrop of the southwest. Javier Bardem is ruthless in his role; a chilling portrait of a man without a conscience.
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American Drug War: The Last White Hope
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The Violin (El Violin)
by Vmedia Berkeley Ca. Indiana Jones does not compare to the character study of the same topics explores in the Spielberg epic, yet done so quietly prefect here in a real Indiana Jones film call THE VIOLIN.
Life-or-death matters are handled with compelling gravity in Francisco Vargas' "The Violin," one of the most powerful movies screened at last year's Seattle International Film Festival.
this Mexican drama takes the peasants' side in dramatizing a 1970s revolt. The script vividly explores the impact of government oppression on three generations of one rebellious family.
Plutarco, perfectly played by 81-year-old Don Ángel Tavira, is never the frail grandfather he appears to be. Managing to play the violin even though his right hand is a stump, he just gets by as a traveling musician, using his practiced performer's charm to smother guards' suspicions and get past checkpoints. (Tavira deservedly won an acting award at the 2006 Cannes festival for this performance.)
After raiding an ammunition dump in a cornfield, Plutarco supplies his son, Genaro, with handfuls of bullets. Distraught by the news that his wife has been captured, Genaro and his son, Lucio, seem increasingly helpless in a situation that only the old man can effectively manipulate.
At first, even Plutarco seems to be getting nowhere. When he discovers a guard captain who loves music and wants to take violin lessons, the ice begins to break ? just enough to allow each man's humanity to become briefly evident. But as the uncompromising finale makes clear, this film is not any kind of heart warmer.
Although it begins with a graphic torture scene that suggests more of the same is coming, "The Violin" becomes increasingly restrained in its use of violence. First-time writer-director Vargas makes a point about brutality, then refuses to dwell on it. The most shattering moment is one character's silent reading of a list of casualties; his changing expressions tell us all we need to know.
Working in black-and-white with a gifted cinematographer, Martin Boege, Vargas creates a darkened fairy-tale atmosphere, especially as campfires light up the faces of the actors and smoke drifts photogenically through forests. Glimpses of village life suggest a timeless quality, especially when the grandfather recites a legend about the origins of war.
Don't leave before the final credits of "The Violin," which briefly goes dark, apparently for emphasis, before it really ends with an expressive coda. The blank moment throws in a touch of mystery. Most likely it's meant as a tribute to Tavira, without whom the movie would be unimaginable.
Move over Indiana Jone THE VIOLIN is the read thing - look for it on DVD ,
Vince UCB
Berkeley Ca VmediaIndiana Jones does not compare to the character study of the same topics explores in the Spielberg epic, yet done so quietly prefect here in a real Indiana Jones film call THE VIOLIN. Life-or-death matters are handled with compelling gravity in Francisco Vargas' "The Violin," one of the most powerful movies.
The script explores the impact of government oppression on three generations of one rebellious family. Plutarco,played by 81-year-old Don Ángel Tavira, is never the frail grandfather he appears to be. Managing to play the violin even though his right hand is a stump, he just gets by as a traveling musician, using his practiced charm to smother guards and get past checkpoints.
Although it begins with a graphic torture scene that suggests more of the same is coming, "The Violin" becomes restrained in its use of violence. Firsttime director Vargas makes a point about brutality. Move over Indiana Jone THE VIOLIN is the read thing.look for it on DVD.
Vince UCB Berk Ca Vmediaposted 7 hours ago -
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The Violin (El Violin)
by Vmedia Berkeley Ca.
Indiana Jones does not compare to the character study of the same topics explores in the Spielberg epic, yet done so quietly prefect here in a real Indiana Jones film call THE VIOLIN.
Life-or-death matters are handled with compelling gravity in Francisco Vargas' "The Violin," one of the most powerful movies screened at last year's Seattle International Film Festival.
this Mexican drama takes the peasants' side in dramatizing a 1970s revolt. The script vividly explores the impact of government oppression on three generations of one rebellious family.
Plutarco, perfectly played by 81-year-old Don Ángel Tavira, is never the frail grandfather he appears to be. Managing to play the violin even though his right hand is a stump, he just gets by as a traveling musician, using his practiced performer's charm to smother guards' suspicions and get past checkpoints. (Tavira deservedly won an acting award at the 2006 Cannes festival for this performance.)
After raiding an ammunition dump in a cornfield, Plutarco supplies his son, Genaro, with handfuls of bullets. Distraught by the news that his wife has been captured, Genaro and his son, Lucio, seem increasingly helpless in a situation that only the old man can effectively manipulate.
At first, even Plutarco seems to be getting nowhere. When he discovers a guard captain who loves music and wants to take violin lessons, the ice begins to break ? just enough to allow each man's humanity to become briefly evident. But as the uncompromising finale makes clear, this film is not any kind of heart warmer.
Although it begins with a graphic torture scene that suggests more of the same is coming, "The Violin" becomes increasingly restrained in its use of violence. First-time writer-director Vargas makes a point about brutality, then refuses to dwell on it. The most shattering moment is one character's silent reading of a list of casualties; his changing expressions tell us all we need to know.
Working in black-and-white with a gifted cinematographer, Martin Boege, Vargas creates a darkened fairy-tale atmosphere, especially as campfires light up the faces of the actors and smoke drifts photogenically through forests. Glimpses of village life suggest a timeless quality, especially when the grandfather recites a legend about the origins of war.
Don't leave before the final credits of "The Violin," which briefly goes dark, apparently for emphasis, before it really ends with an expressive coda. The blank moment throws in a touch of mystery. Most likely it's meant as a tribute to Tavira, without whom the movie would be unimaginable.
Move over Indiana Jone THE VIOLIN is the read thing - look for it on DVD ,
Vince UCB
Berkeley Ca VmediaIndiana Jones does not compare to the character study of the same topics explores in the Spielberg epic, yet done so quietly prefect here in a real Indiana Jones film call THE VIOLIN. Life-or-death matters are handled with compelling gravity in Francisco Vargas' "The Violin," one of the most powerful movies.
The script explores the impact of government oppression on three generations of one rebellious family. Plutarco,played by 81-year-old Don Ángel Tavira, is never the frail grandfather he appears to be. Managing to play the violin even though his right hand is a stump, he just gets by as a traveling musician, using his practiced charm to smother guards and get past checkpoints.
Although it begins with a graphic torture scene that suggests more of the same is coming, "The Violin" becomes restrained in its use of violence. Firsttime director Vargas makes a point about brutality. Move over Indiana Jone THE VIOLIN is the read thing.look for it on DVD.
Vince UCB Berk Ca Vmediaposted 10 hours ago -
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The New World
by Sancar3 important performance with Colin FARRELL. The first one by Terrence MALICK who is the best film dir. in the world, in my oppinion.
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Come see this movie with me...Just when you thought that the whole virgin mummy genre had played itself out, along comes a film like this to restore our faith in ancient Egyptian abstinence. Yeah!
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Indagine su un Cittadino al di Sopra di Ogni Sospetto (Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion)
by * *mabel*One of the first Italian detective movies ever made. Political thriller but also psychological and surreal drama, it's probably the best in its genre. In a grotesque way, director and writer Elio Petri perfectly portrays the political and social contest in 70's Italy, period of violent civil demonstrations and heavy repression by authorities.
At the centre of the movie is a gorgeous Gian Maria Volonté, who plays the f*ckest fascistoid and schizoid policeman ever seen on a screen. His omnipotence delirium is such that, after having committed a crime, intentionally leaves clues everywhere just to prove he's an untouchable citizen above suspicion. Volonté in his most intense and charismatic role!
The film is also remarkable for the original screenplay by Petri with Ugo Pirro and the amazing score by Ennio Morricone.… when Italian Cinema was still alive.
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Atonement
by GaryAfter hearing a few less than glowing reviews I was a bit jubious about this one, but it turned out to be pretty beautiful. An epic love story with some beautiful cinematography and solid acting throughout. Tragic and endearing in a very British way. Perhaps overrated and the sneaky ending was a very dirty trick, but the hopeless romantic in me saw past all that. And the Dunkirk scene.... WOW! Briony truly deserves to be one of the most hated characters in recent movie history. Wish I'd read the book first.
The Oscar contender that couldn't is actually a pretty amazing little British film that turns ageing romantics like me to mush.
More hardened viewers may find themselves looking at their watches alot.... Up to you!posted 3 days ago -
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Persepolis
by SancarBased on her own graphic novel, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud?s film is a masterly work. A film about growing up during the fundamentalist revolution in Iran sounds like a total downer but in fact the film is anything but. Of course it has tragic and horrifying moments but manages, like Marjane herself, to see the funny side. There is Majane?s eccentric grandmother (Rowlands), who keeps her breasts firm by dipping them in ice-cold water for ten minutes every day. There are the various moving and hilarious sequences where Marjane and her friends defy the fundamentalists, playing air guitar along to Iron Maiden, and Marjane?s first encounters with the opposite sex in Vienna. Above all, there?s the way in which Iranians tried to maintain a veneer of normality ? still holding house parties, with home made wine and decadent music.
Hey, you should really see this!
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Divine Intervention (Yadon Ilaheyya)
by SancarSanta Claus tries to outrun a gang of knife-wielding youth. It's one of several vignettes of Palestinian life in Israel - in a neighborhood in Nazareth and at Al-Ram checkpoint in East Jerusalem. Most of the stories are droll, some absurd, one is mythic and fanciful; few words are spoken. A man who goes through his mail methodically each morning has a heart attack. His son visits him in hospital. The son regularly meets a woman at Al-Ram; they sit in a car, hands caressing. Once, she defies Israeli guards at the checkpoint; later, Ninja-like, she takes on soldiers at a target range. A red balloon floats free overhead. Neighbors toss garbage over walls. Life goes on until it doesn't.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
by Vmedia Berkeley Ca. I saw Shia Labeouf sat night at the dress for SNL - and he told us there would be this secret screening that night.
With the franchise and Spielberg not shying away from the original subtext of the franchise (the Reagan conquest) - Indi and his boy make for a fun play on the same metaphor this time around.
Dr. Jack Wheeler is a legend. he was the inspiration for the famed movie character.
While Jack has often been called a "real life Indiana Jones" and is part of the mix of historical figures Stephen Spielberg used (along with his own imagination) to create his fictional hero -- "Jones" is cartoon fiction and Wheeler is real.
In the 1980s he conducted a series of extensive visits to anti-Soviet guerrilla insurgencies in Nicaragua, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Laos, and Afghanistan, and to democracy movements in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, becoming an unofficial liaison between them and the Reagan White House. Based on his experiences with anti-Soviet insurgencies, he developed the strategy for dismantling the Soviet Empire adopted by the White House known as the "Reagan Doctrine. " It worked.
Dr. Jack Wheeler is virtually immeasurable as the architect of the Reagan Doctrine, he is one of the handful of men most responsible for the defeat of the Soviet Empire in the 1980s. He served his country as an "unofficial" liaison between the Reagan White House and anti-Soviet insurgents, pro-democracy activists and freedom fighters around the world, in Nicaragua, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Laos, Afghanistan, throughout Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union itself.
With this in mind this new romp with Indi and the kid sticks to that path.
'Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again." says Ronald Reagan
This Reagan Romp is fun - thick with 2008 Republican pride and will take the box office for the next 3 weekends.
Bye George Bush -
hello Mr McCain
Vince
Vmedia UCBIndi is back and Spielberg not shying away from the original subtext of the film (the Reagan conquest) - Indi and his boy make for a fun play on the new metaphor this time around.
Dr. Jack Wheeler is a legend, he was the inspiration for the famed movie character.
Wheeler in the 1980s he conducted a series of extensive visits to anti-Soviet guerrilla insurgencies in Nicaragua, Angola, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Laos, and Afghanistan, and to democracy movements in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, becoming an liaison between them and the Reagan White House.
Dr. Wheeler is virtually the architect of the Reagan Doctrine, he is one of the handful of men most responsible for the defeat of the Soviet Empire
"Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again." says Ronald Reagan.
This Reagan Romp is fun - thick with 2008 Republican pride and will take the box office for the next 3 weekends.
Bye George Bush - hello Mr. McCain (sad)
Vince UCB
Vmedia Berk Ca.posted 4 days ago -
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Panj é asr (At Five in the Afternoon)
by Sancar"At five in the afternoon comes death," claims a haunting snatch of poetry in this equally haunting picture from Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf. One of the first feature films to emerge from post-Taliban Afghanistan (making it a worthy companion piece to Siddiq Barmak's excellent Osama), this follows Noqreh (Agheleh Rezaie) as she struggles to redefine her role as a woman despite the protestations of her cranky, conservative father (Abdolgani Yousefrazi). Yet with death and misery everywhere, freedom seems an unlikely luxury.
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Yumurta (Avgo)(Egg)
by SancarPoet Yusuf returns to his childhood hometown, which he hadn't visited for years, upon his mother's death. A young girl, Ayla awaits him in a crumbling house. Yusuf has been unaware of the existence of this distant relation who had been living with his mother for five years.
Ayla has something to ask of Yusuf . Yusuf is obliged to perform the sacrifice his mother Zehra had been prevented by death from fulfilling. Yusuf agrees as he finds himself unable to withstand the passive rhythm of rural life, the spaces imbued with the ghosts and personages of old lovers and friends, nor against the overriding feeling of guilt.
Yusuf and Ayla set off for the saint's tomb, some three or four hours away, for the traditional sacrifice ceremony. Unable to locate the herd amongst which the sacrificial animal was to be selected, they have to spend the night in a hotel by the crater lake. Yusuf and Ayla are drawn closer together by the atmosphere of the wedding party at the hotel.
While the falling snow blankets guilt, the place to which they are returning will no longer be that old town.Hey, you should really see this!
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
by Vmedia Berkeley Ca.
I saw Shia Labeouf sat night at the dress for SNL - and he told us there would be this secret screening that night.
With the franchise and Spielberg not shying away from the original subtext of the franchise (the Reagan conquest) - Indi and his boy make for a fun play on the same metaphor this time around.
Dr. Jack Wheeler is a legend. he was the inspiration for the famed movie character.
While Jack has often been called a "real life Indiana Jones" and is part of the mix of historical figures Stephen Spielberg used (along with his own imagination) to create his fictional hero -- "Jones" is cartoon fiction and Wheeler is real.
In the 1980s he conducted a series of extensive visits to anti-Soviet guerrilla insurgencies in Nicaragua, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Laos, and Afghanistan, and to democracy movements in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, becoming an unofficial liaison between them and the Reagan White House. Based on his experiences with anti-Soviet insurgencies, he developed the strategy for dismantling the Soviet Empire adopted by the White House known as the "Reagan Doctrine. " It worked.
Dr. Jack Wheeler is virtually immeasurable as the architect of the Reagan Doctrine, he is one of the handful of men most responsible for the defeat of the Soviet Empire in the 1980s. He served his country as an "unofficial" liaison between the Reagan White House and anti-Soviet insurgents, pro-democracy activists and freedom fighters around the world, in Nicaragua, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Laos, Afghanistan, throughout Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union itself.
With this in mind this new romp with Indi and the kid sticks to that path.
'Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again." says Ronald Reagan
This Reagan Romp is fun - thick with 2008 Republican pride and will take the box office for the next 3 weekends.
Bye George Bush -
hello Mr McCain
Vince
Vmedia UCBI saw Shia Labeouf tonite at the dress for SNL - and he told us there would be this secret screening tonite - Despite an intense effort by director Steven Spielberg, and producer George Lucas to keep this highly anticipated sequel out of sight until Sunday, May 18.
Mr. Spielberg is unusually fastidious when it comes to protecting his films from advance word that can diminish excitement or muddy a message planted by months of carefully orchestrated publicity and expensive promotions (including, in this case, a February cover article in Vanity Fair, complete with Annie Leibovitz photos of the cast, and leather bullwhips delivered weeks ago to newsrooms).
Spielberg customarily avoids leaky test screenings. Even Marvin Levy, his publicist of more than 30 years, said he had not yet seen the new movie.
But tonite - it leaks -- so tune back here and I will give you my take on this new Mr Jones.
Vince Vmedia -
NYC toniteposted 5 days ago -
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27 Dresses
by GaryCheesy, girly and very sickly sweet. As romantic comedies go, it's nothing special and seems to drag a bit at times. The laughs are scarce and while there are lots of beautiful people to look at, it never truly engaged me (no pun intended). Heigl is gorgeous and really does show some glimmers of a natural, fresh and thoroughly delightful comedic talent. And even she couldn't stop me feeling ever so slightly nauseous throughout. So cute and fluffy, it was bound to be less than substantial. Absolute chick flick and guys.... you have been warned.
Well, you get what you expect. Anyone with at least one testicle might have a hard time tolerating this. Even MY wife thought it was too girly. Nuff said!
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