Look At Me: Vive le Juicebomb!
By admin | June 5, 2010
As I mentioned in last week’s discussion of octopus-chomping, I’ve always prided myself on an ability to withstand strong or shocking imagery in movies. I once ruined a perfectly good first date by insisting that the hapless guy, a French kid named Patrick, watch In the Realm of the Senses with me — his first time, my fifth or sixth. I won’t give away the famously harsh ending of that wonderful film — one of the best movies ever made about sexual passion — but I never heard back from Patrick again. Dommage. Read the rest of this entry »
The Mummy: COLLECTOR’S EDITION Review
By admin | December 16, 2009
The Mummy Trailer
The Mummy: COLLECTOR’S EDITION Review
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There’s always a certain risk that a studio undertakes when it fools around with titles they’ve already successfully released. Universal’s original THE MUMMY, starring Boris Karloff, debuted in 1932 and was quickly followed by a slew of imitators. No one has ever been able to recreate the terror of the original—until now. Read the rest of this entry »
The Sixth Sense Review
By admin | December 16, 2009
The Sixth Sense Trailer
The Sixth Sense Review
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I don’t normally read film reviews before going to the theater. I learned a long time ago that even the very best critics sometimes say too much when discussing aspects of a film’s plot. Intending to tease you, they go a bit too far, and later, while you’re sitting in the theater, his or her words pop into mind and you find yourself one step further ahead in the tale than you should be and surprises have been ruined. Read the rest of this entry »
The Shawshank Redemption Review
By admin | November 11, 2009
The Shawshank Redemption Trailer
The Shawshank Redemption Trailer
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With Frank DarabontТs THE GREEN MILE raking in the dough at the cineplexes these past few weeks, it seems appropriate that Warner Brothers has released his other prison flick, also based on a Stephen King yarn — THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. Both films offer excellent performances in the leads and intriguing stories. Both are set in prisons and deal with men who may not be guilt of the crimes for which theyТve been sentenced. THE GREEN MILE deals with the supernatural — an angel on earth imprisoned and on death row for murdering two children. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION keeps its feet on the ground. ItТs a deliberately paced film about doing time and its more about revenge than redemption. Read the rest of this entry »
Julie and Julia Movie Trailer
By admin | August 25, 2009
Julie and Julia Movie Trailer
Meryl Streep is Julia Child and Amy Adams is Julie Powell in writer-director Nora Ephron’s adaptation of two bestselling memoirs: Powell’s Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme. Read the rest of this entry »