Sunday, January 30, 2005

Busy week - Purple Butterfly, Hide & Seek, Ray, Monsieur N.

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But, hey, at least my employers know that I've been working rather than writing movie reviews on the laptop, right? So, anyway, seein...
Saturday, January 29, 2005

REVIEW: Blackmail

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(No entry on HBS for Blackmail yet, so the whole thing will be posted here) * * * ½ (out of four) (silent version) Seen 22 January 2005...
Tuesday, January 25, 2005

So, the Oscar nominees have been announced - what does that mean to ME?

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A quick handicapping of this morning's announcements (which happened while I was trying to get the supermarket to take a personal check ...
Monday, January 24, 2005

When have you really seen a movie: Dark Journey and Nothing Sacred

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Topic for discussion, as I horrify my little brother in the IM window with tales of what life was like before DVD: When does it count that ...
Friday, January 21, 2005

Anyone speak Taiwanese?

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I'm not terribly upset that some website in Taiwan decided to reprint my revew of Vanity Fair ( here, for now ), since it's not lik...
Thursday, January 20, 2005

Sky Blue, and a discussion starter

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Arg. I wanted to hit the Brattle to see Peau d'Ane tonight, but despite giving Ivy cash for a new membership on Sunday, it hasn't ...
Monday, January 17, 2005

Biographies of crazy people: The Aviator and In the Realms of the Unreal

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A few brief notes: I have to go to more movies, in particular more bad movies, with my brother, because I love the "conversation with...
Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Ocean's 12 and Spanglish

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Finally finished up with the reviews of Sunday's movies, but I don't have much of an intro - I'm still trying to figure out what...
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Sunday, January 09, 2005

Oscar contenders - Hotel Rwanda and Million Dollar Baby

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I must say, I heartily approve of the whole "Oscars in late February thing". It seems like relatively few movies are straddling t...
Friday, January 07, 2005

Michael Keaton in White Noise and something even scarier

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I honestly don't remember signing up on the Boston Phoenix's movie preview page for passes to White Noise . The "free movie...
Monday, January 03, 2005

Family Film Trailers, A Very Long Engagement, and A Series of Unfortunate Events

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So, I was reading the reviewers' board on Hollywood Bitch-Slap , and I saw that apparently we're not supposed to be posting our revi...
Sunday, January 02, 2005

Finding Neverland

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* * * * (out of four) Seen 1 January 2005 at AMC Fenway #2 (first-run) A couple seats down, a child was laughing. A few rows back, a wo...
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Saturday, January 01, 2005

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

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* * * ½ (out of four) Seen 28 December 2004 at Landmark Kendall Square #2 (first-run) The Life Aquatic flaunts its artifice. Even as i...
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Friday, December 31, 2004

Metropolis (2002)

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* * * * (out of four) Seen (again) 26 December 2004 in Jay's Living Room (DVD) There are a great many good movies made every year. ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Get Shorty

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* * * ½ (out of four) Seen (again) 25 December 2004 in Jay's Mom's Living Room (DVD) Get Shorty isn't quite as good as I re...

Blade: Trinity

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* * (out of four) Seen 24 December 2004 at Regal Clark's Pond #1 (first-run) Getting back to something's roots is generally thou...
Tuesday, December 28, 2004

A Thief of Time

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* * ½ (out of four) Seen 22 December 2004 in Jay's Living Room (American Mystery! Specials) Sometime, over the last ten years, I sto...
Monday, December 27, 2004

On The Waterfront

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* * * ¾ (out of four) Seen 20 December 2004 at Landmark Kendall Square #8 (Special Engagement) Ten minutes' difference in getting ou...
Saturday, December 25, 2004

House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)

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* * * ½ (out of four) Seen 19 December 2004 at Landmark Kendall Square #1 (first-run) The art-house action movie is a strange phenomenon...
Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Coyote Waits

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* * * (out of four) Seen 13 December 2004 in Jay's Living Room (American Mystery! Speical) Although the second Chee/Leaphorn movie...