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American Scary
Another documentary with great intentions and an incredible amount of interviewees (see below) but falls down too many times in its execution to be recommended without serious reservations. The director should’ve hired an editor who understood how less can be … Continue reading
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Micmacs
French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet returns to form with this rather dark revenge comedy taking aim at the arms industry. Too bad it didn’t resonate with America which currently provides more guns, bombs, missiles and bullets than the French ever do. … Continue reading
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How to Train Your Dragon
Multiplex is about the only online comic strip I bother to follow anymore because I’ve done time in a movie theater so I can relate to the characters’ annoyances. One ongoing joke with the main protagonist (Jason) is his love of … Continue reading
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The Andromeda Strain 40 years later
When I first saw this movie as a tweener, I was surprised by how much it kept me in suspense and scared because I had attained that age of when you know the flick will pan out well for the … Continue reading
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Clockwise
This movie was probably written specifically for John Cleese who would’ve been an English headmaster (or American principal) if he weren’t such a great comic actor. He just has that rigidity in his DNA although it’s probably an act, especially … Continue reading
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Scott Pilgrim v. the World
This is the most obscure comic-book title to be made into a movie since Tank Girl. I’m sure there are others but I’m going with the first thing that comes to mind until Hollywood finally makes an adaptation of Reid … Continue reading
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My Name is Bruce
An awesome Horror-Comedy in which life imitates art and then goes the other direction. Bruce plays himself or more appropriately, a parody of himself because he really isn’t a jerk; he can be flippant but he’s usually entertaining the crowd, … Continue reading
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Despicable Me
A rare demonstration of “the competition closing the gap on Pixar.” I think the last one I saw that deserved this title was Over the Hedge which also had Steve Carel. The latter’s success owes more to its source material, … Continue reading
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Time Bandits 30 years later
Here is the conclusion to my recent Sick Day Theater run, a movie I couldn’t wait to see as a teenager and decided to revisit. Due to my feverish condition, it took several viewings because I fell asleep from the … Continue reading
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Moon
This should be in another series I could call “Movies I let sit in my Netflix streaming queue and finally watched because it was going to expire!” I wanted to catch Moon while in (art house) theaters but we went with … Continue reading
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Confederate States of America
As a huge fan of alternate realities (Sliding Doors and the upcoming Another Earth), seeing this take on a Confederate victory for the anniversary of the Civil War was somewhat disappointing. The initial approach taken is interesting (see below) but … Continue reading
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Cold Souls
For number five in my recent Sick Day series, I watched this Black Comedy covering one of humanity’s biggest questions: What is the soul and is it really tangible? Science, Religion and Philosophy have been trying to answer this for … Continue reading
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Hopscotch
Movie number four in the Sick Day run is one that reminds me of why I miss Walter Matthau. This was obviously built around him; nobody else could be such a wiseass like Walter. I found Hopscotch a bit prescient … Continue reading
Cashback
Number three from my possible (I’m still debating) Sick Day Theater run and it had been sitting in my insta-queue for over a year. Back when we signed up, NetFlix streaming was heavier with Foreign/Indie stuff I like. I think … Continue reading
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Sherlock Holmes
Last week I read the announcement on the Onion about the sequel’s title so I had to really get cracking about our recent viewing of this via Netflix. It wasn’t part of my being stuck at home, nursing my ugly … Continue reading
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