Category Archives: Hollywood

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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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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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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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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‘Standard Operating Procedure’

If you think Abu Ghraib (humiliation of Iraqi prisoners and occasional torture) was an important story, then you should see this new documentary from Sony Classics. I don’t think Abu Ghraib is a big deal. This movie is competent and … Continue reading

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