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Quickie: Lars and the Real Girl
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)–*** Quickie Review Slightly agoraphobic, but extremely sweet, Lars shakes up his small town when he orders a human-sized, anatomically-correct female doll and treats it like a real-life girlfriend. A touching and funny dramedy, this second feature from Craig Gillespie is only as believable as the actors are good. Ryan [...]
DVD Review: Mr. Brooks
Mr. Brook (2007)–** DVD Review Mr. Brooks isn’t a stupid movie. It’s not even a bad movie. But it certainly is a movie that thinks it’s better than it is. Because of that, a film that could have been a black comedy with a hint of Silence of the Lambs rather finds itself looking more [...]
TV Review: To Die in Jerusalem
To Die in Jerusalem (2007)–*** To Die in Jerusalem, a documentary account of two mothers in mourning after an 18-year-old Palestinian girl’s martyrdom operation kills a 17-year-old Israeli girl, leaves the viewer with two questions in the end: who will lay down their arms first and who should lay them down? It’s not surprising, the [...]
CIA invests in Proton Packs
This is really a visual entry. I don’t know what else to say, other than this is seriously a logo from the CIA for its Terror Busters campaign. Seriously…here’s the link. Beyond words. I ain’t afraid of no terrorists.
The Contenders: Foreign Language Oscar
So what movies are up for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2008 Oscars? The Academy announced it today. Noticeably absent is Israel’s “The Band” which was replaced by “Beaufort” after “The Band” was disqualified for having too much English. The Cannes Palm d’Or winner “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” however, has enough [...]
Movie Review: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)–**** It’s not often I can say this about a movie, but when it comes to kiwi director Andrew Dominik’s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, I’d be lying if I said I’d seen anything like it before. Jesse James is [...]
DVD Review: The Hoax
The Hoax (2007)–*** DVD Review The main conflict in The Hoax is illustrated in the second scene when we hear an executive at McGraw-Hill publishing discuss Clifford Irving’s book about the infamous art forger Elmyr de Hory. The executive juggles his words, determining whether to call de Hory an artist or an art forger. We [...]
Movie Review: The Path of Most Resistance
The Path of Most Resistance (2007)–***1/2 The Path of Most Resistance is a tremendous short film from writer/director Peter Kelley, one that not only sails by on first viewing, but also retains its momentum the second (or third) time through. The real test, in fact, was that second viewing. While the film has its issues, [...]
The Contenders: Into the Wild
I had to see Into the Wild before I would even consider it an Oscar contender. I had to see it with my own eyes. You see, after the over-hyped Sean Penn-directed feature The Pledge, starring Oscar fave Jack Nicholson, was nowhere to be found come awards season 2001/2002, I had to be cautious. Penn, [...]
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