Month: December 2022
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Syriana
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Read more: SyrianaWritten and Directed by Stephen Gaghan Starring: – Kayvan Novak as Arash – George Clooney as Bob Barnes – Amr Waked as Mohammed Sheik Agiza – Christopher Plummer as Dean Whiting – Jeffrey Wright as Bennett Holiday – Chris Cooper as Jimmy Pope Why on earth do I continue to see movies like Syriana? Why,…
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Thirteen Lives
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Read more: Thirteen LivesIt’s award consideration season, so here’s my consideration. Synopsis A cave rescue mission. Writing On June 23, 2018, twelve boys and their coach were trapped in a flooded cave system in northern Thailand. Given the recency of the event, extensive coverage at the time, and the known outcome, the movie practically writes itself. The only…
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The Teacher Typos: Part 2
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Read more: The Teacher Typos: Part 2The inspirational: LouAnne Johnson in Dangerous Minds (1995), Mark Thackeray in To Sir, with Love (1967) and John Keating in Dead Poets Society (1989) It’s time to say hi to our latest graduate from the Kelly McGillis Top Gun School of Absurd Roles. Meet the willowy, effortlessly elegant Michelle Pfeiffer (along with her dazzling smile…
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Holiday Inn (1942)
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Read more: Holiday Inn (1942)Holiday Inn is a Christmas classic that is just about white bread as a movie can possibly be. The people, the sets, the landscape, the language and politics are all blanched, bleached and hoary white. The only thing darker than the unfettered and ubiquitous snow was the token “Mammie” (Louise Beavers) and her two little…
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What Are The Popular Cryptocurrencies?
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Read more: What Are The Popular Cryptocurrencies?What are the popular cryptocurrencies? The market is flooded with more than 18,000 Cryptocurrencies Profit Edge, but most people consider the word bitcoin synonymous with the word cryptocurrencies in a sense of popularity. Another reason is that it is the first cryptocurrency that came to the market in 2009, and it is still the most…
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The Teacher Typos: Part One
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Read more: The Teacher Typos: Part OneWe’ve all had teachers. And I don’t mean in the sexual sense. Good, bad, boring, angry and spaced out, teachers tend to stick in the mind. I remember one guy in junior school who routinely flew off the handle, leaving me scared to attend class. He once reduced me to tears by shouting in my…
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Crimes Of The Future
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Read more: Crimes Of The FutureIt’s award consideration season, so here’s my consideration. Writing There are interesting concepts, but they never fall into a cohesive narrative. In this future, most humans have evolved to no longer feel pain or become infected by disease and many are growing new organs with undetermined functions, only to have them removed to comply with…
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Wendell & Wild
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Read more: Wendell & WildIt’s award consideration season, so here’s my consideration. Synopsis A juvenile delinquent, two demons with daddy issues, a priest, demon hunters, zombies, corporate executives, and the devil clash for all the reasons. Writing Just because Wendell & Wild is pretty doesn’t mean it has coherent writing. Surprisingly, Jordan Peele co-wrote this mess with Henry Selick,…
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The Not Quite #5: The Devils (1971)
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Read more: The Not Quite #5: The Devils (1971)I love shit about repressed female sexuality. Take nuns. They’re a bunch of wretched, feeble-minded cowards, women who cling to a fantasy deity and starve themselves of Earthly pleasures because they’re ashamed of their pussy. Now The Devils may well appear to be about religion and politics in 17th century France, but it’s more to…
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Grovel Before God, You Maggots.
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Read more: Grovel Before God, You Maggots.Grovel Before God, You Maggots! In the beginning back in 1988 a six-foot-four deity who shunned goofing around arrived in moviedom. It wasn’t long before he began to generate wall to wall adoration by being outstanding at whatever job he did, never showing fear despite the ever-present threat of death, and snapping the limbs of…