July 2011
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Another Earth (2011)
Take a deep breath. Relax. Now let me give you two completely different premises.
A young girl, just out of high school is accepted to the very prestigious organization known as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her whole life she’s been enamored with the stars, the planets and the galaxies of the universe. All of her dreams have seemingly come true. To celebrate...
April 2011
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Sucker Punch (2011)
I remember when I first saw the trailer for ‘Repo: The Genetic Opera’: the musical horror film directed by the dude who directed ‘Saw’s 2, 3, and 4. Super ultra-violence AND show tunes? Sign me up. However, the movie was long, drawn out and pretty much all around awful. Never had my hopes for a film and the actual results been so disparate… That is, until Mr. Snyder entered the...
February 2011
2 posts
FLCL (2001)
I grew up with a certain amount of respect for cartoons. Never were they dismissible pieces of trash, they were useful additions to the world of media just like television, film and music. My father could reenact every 15 minute segment of Loony Tunes and my mother could explain the subtext behind every little music queue. Because of this upbringing, I maintained a watchful eye...
The Eagle (2011)
I really wanted to go see Javier Bardem’s new picture, but the movie theater’s schedule just didn’t work out with mine. I refused to see the silly Gnome movie, Cedar Rapids wasn’t showing for another 6 hours, and everything else I had either seen or was crap, so I ended up watching ‘The Eagle’ the new sword and sandal Channing Tatum flick directed by Kevin Macdonald. Sure it looked like the...
November 2010
2 posts
“I am proud of nothing I have done other than with him”
– Toshiro Mifune, speaking of Akira Kurosawa
“The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death”
– Jim Morrison
October 2010
1 post
A Night at the Movies - Kubrick/Friedkin
Most of my favorite films of all time were released before I was born. And if not that, they were released before I could have seen them due to age and parental choices. Mostly the former, since I saw both Starship Troopers and Lethal Weapon 4 in the theater. Thanks mom!
Anyway, one could argue that seeing a film AT the movies with an audience is part of the experience, and that without those...
September 2010
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Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007)
This incredibly well made documentary marks my first entry in both my twitter account (twitter.com/thedailyfilm) and this blog here. I have decided that documenting my motion picture adventures would be a great idea. Actually, I was talking about what my future held and it was my good friend, Eric Limarenko, who gave me a nice solid kick in the ass to go out and do something about it. For that,...