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Category Archives: Hollywood
When Did You Last See Your Father?
This was the third terrific film I’ve seen in three nights. Video It’s a smart British number. Their storytelling ethos is more pessimistic than the American and it usually strikes me as smarter. Here’s a comment on the film from … Continue reading
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Tagged aplomb, audience, beard, blake morrison, brilliance, british film industry, british films, childhood memories, cinema, colin firth, dad, deathbed, emotional connection, emotions, inevitability, intimate feelings, jim broadbent, sarah lancashire, storytelling, telly
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Mongol – The Best Movie I’ve Seen In 2008
I just saw a great movie — Mongol. Video The tagline: "Greatness comes to those who take it." It’s an exciting manly movie but with love and children thrown in for girls. There’s even humor. Mongol humor does not get … Continue reading
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Tagged action scenes, cinematography, dull moment, elizabeth the golden age, flick, followers, girls, greatness, inaccuracies, Japan, large portion, Love, mongolia, original man, rocks, scenery, subtitle, tagline
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Brick Lane Is A Beautiful Film
From its opening scene all the way through to the picturesque end, this is a sweet humane story. Video I kept fearing that things would get ugly but they didn’t. Sure there was pain, but this movie is about people … Continue reading
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Tagged authenticity, bangladeshi community, beautiful love story, brick lane, bricks and mortar, chris docker, climax, deepa mehta, east london, islamic extremism, jane austen, jane austen novel, masterpieces, plot device, portrayal, quot, sarah gavron, spokespeople, subplot, young girl
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Lions For Lambs
What a bad movie. I can’t believe I spent $3 at the video store to rent this. None of it ran true for me. Meryl Streep plays an obnoxious reporter. With such an intrusive and obnoxious interviewing technique, she’d never … Continue reading
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Tagged affairs of state, airborne troops, bill murray, good interviewer, gop senator, hilltop, interviewing technique, lions for lambs, malley, media circus, meryl streep, minor holiday, newscaster, persian gulf region, political equivalent, punxsutawney pa, scene changes, value judgments, video store, war in afghanistan, washington post
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A Mighty Heart
I just watched this film. It has the tagline: "It was an event that shocked the world. This is the story you haven’t heard." That’s nonsense. Only someone who knows nothing about Islamic terrorism could be shocked by this. As … Continue reading
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Tagged angelina jolie, cinematic experience, conclusion, daniel pearl, decency, husband daniel, journalist, journalistic coverage, journalists, marianne pearl, mighty heart, muslims, objectivity, random thoughts, religious jew, risk, terrorists, videotape
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