Month: November 2014
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Fury (2014)
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Read more: Fury (2014)If Fury has a point, it is that war changes everyone who encounters it. Nine times out of ten, it changes those people into extra chunky corpse salsa…
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
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Read more: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)The original How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a charming little short animation that was written by Dr. Seuss and narrated by the late great Boris Karloff. The absolutely fabulous Grinch Song is not sung by Boris Karloff, but actually credited to Thurl Ravenscroft of Tony the Tiger Frosted Flakes, (they’re GREAT!!) fame. You cannot…
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Sexy Beast
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Read more: Sexy Beast“I am just going to have to turn this opportunity down.” “No, you’re just gonna have to turn this opportunity yes!” sociopath (noun) A person who is completely unable or unwilling to behave in a way that is acceptable to society. Don Logan The movie begins innocuously enough, with retired gangster and safe cracker Gal…
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Le Deuxieme Souffle
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Read more: Le Deuxieme SouffleA Second Wind within a theme of fatalism.
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Interstellar
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Read more: InterstellarNolan’s film, along with it’s attendant monologues and over-hammering of themes, reminds me of the science fiction of Orson Scott Card, at least from the era before Card degenerated completely into a homophobic Mormon crank. There may not be subtlety, but there is beauty and imagination at work.
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Birdman -or- The unexpected virtue of ignorance
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Read more: Birdman -or- The unexpected virtue of ignoranceBirdman -or- The unexpected virtue of ignorance Have your bladder empty and your popcorn handy before you plop your butt in your theater seat for this one. You also will need to buckle up, as you are immediately thrust inside the labyrinth of a dark theater where the ride is relentless. Don’t plan on relaxing…
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Clickbait Digest: This Cop Epitomizes Everything Wrong With Police Today
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Read more: Clickbait Digest: This Cop Epitomizes Everything Wrong With Police TodayRoger Marshall pushed his accelerator a little deeper into the floor as a cold bead of sweat dripped from his temple. He was now dangerously twelve miles over the speed limit. He was street racing again. His opponent, a liter of explosive diarrhea, was tearing around the last bend of his lower intestine just…
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Whiplash
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Read more: WhiplashAll or nothing.
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Make Your Move
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Read more: Make Your MoveDancing, etc.