Author: Jonny
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Grizzly Man
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Read more: Grizzly ManI have a deal with God. I leave him alone, and he leaves me alone. The same goes for bears.
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Casualties of War
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Read more: Casualties of WarMemories are curious phenomena. In fact, since they only exist in any real sense to the individual, are they actually a phenomenon?
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The Matrix Reloaded
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Read more: The Matrix ReloadedTrent Reznor, for some reason, was not credited for providing all the inspiration for this movie. Oh, and it is Keanu Reeves, not Christopher I’m sorry to report this, but The Matrix Reloaded sucks a big one. Like almost everyone else in the world, I enjoyed the first Matrix enough to watch it half a…
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Read more: Eyes Wide ShutSydney Pollack with the cue ball… Without doubt — in my mind anyhow– Eyes Wide Shut is not only Kubrick’s most gripping and refined film, but basically his very best. The persnickety problem of Dr. Strangelove always rears its head; the problem being that Strangelove is so good, how can anything be better? Besides, how…
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Requiem For A Dream
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Read more: Requiem For A DreamJust say no… to this movie!!
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Red Dragon
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Read more: Red DragonI read a book once called, Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay. Essentially the author takes four blockbuster movies and analyzes the scripts, explaining along the way why they were such moneymakers and cultural phenomenon. Alongside Terminator 2, Dances With Wolves and Thelma and Louise is a section dealing with The Silence of the…
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Raw Deal
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Read more: Raw DealForget for a minute that Arnold actually goes into a gay bar and throws makeup on a guy’s face
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Rashomon
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Read more: RashomonI want to talk about Rashomon in a non-film school way. So much, so very, very much, has been written about this film and more importantly its grandmaster writer/director Akira Kurosawa that it is difficult to get a word in edgewise. Most of what has been written, in my opinion, is quite accurate–but–the writings tend…