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Director: Tod Williams Genre: Drama Year: 2004 Though much hyped reached me when this movie came out, I think it all watered down to the fact that in this story Marion Cole (Kim Bassinger), who is still dealing with the death of her two older sons and the added weight of a separation with her [...]
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Director: Rob Cohen Genre: Drama/Biographical/Martial Arts Year: 1993 Here again is another movie that took me a long time to watch, though this time around the reason was simple enough: I had temporarily misplaced it. Once I found it I watched it promptly…of course that was months after I had received it. I know, I [...]
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Director: Masayuki Suo Genre: Drama/Romance/Family Year: 1996 It took me approximately six months to watch this movie. Seriously. The friend who recommended this to me (whose name shall remain unmentioned for his protection) also recomended to me “The Hunted” which I ended up watching in fast forward once I realized how horrible it was (a [...]
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Director: Silvain Chomet Genre: Drama/Animation/Comedy Year: 2003 In a world which I find that is increadily getting oversaturated with anime, this movie comes as an original and welcome change. A movie in which dialogue takes the backdrop and the humor and plot all shine through the wondefully detailed visuals. Visuals that are as rich in [...]
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Director: Sally Potter Genre: Drama/Romance Year: 2004 My first tought was: Sally Potter sounds like Harry Potter. Ironically enough, the first character you see on screen is Shirley Henderson as a Maid, who also plays the role of Moaning Myrtle on Harry Potter. How funny is that? Ok, not funny, and luckily enough, that comment [...]
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Director: Brad Anderson Genre: Horror/Thriller/Drama/Mystery Year: 2001 A thriller with a horror feel. This movie is one of those that actually set out to break the conventions of your stereotypical horror movie and in fact the majority of the movie takes place during working hours 9-5 and only a very small amount takes place at [...]
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Director: Lisa Cholodenko Genre: Drama/Romance Year: 1998 When I saw “Laurel Canyon” I instantly fell in love with it. Its one of my favorite dramas, plus it stars the lovely Kate Beckinsale and the talented Christian Bale. So I immediately looked for more of Lisa’s work. She has apparently not done much, but included in [...]
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Director: Mike Newell Genre: Adventure/Action/Fantasy/Family Year: 2005 Here comes the age old question, is it better to read the book and then watch the movie? Or visce versa? As with any movie based upon a literary work, you end up having to ask yourself the question and balance things out. As a rule of thumb, [...]
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Director: Adam Bhala Lough Genre: Action/Drama Year: 2002 I had been waiting for this movie for a long time, since the days when I was highly impressionable and making my own little tags on sketchbooks and planning out my one sole piece. Well, maybe not this movie in specific, but a movie that would put [...]
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Director: Shane Black Genre: Comedy/Mystery/Thriller Year: 2004 This weekend, my wife and I had a bit of time to head to the movies and we found ourselves with a decision in hand, because most of the movies out I really did not know much about. “Capote” was out, but after seeing the trailer, she did [...]