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Director: Matthew O’Callaghan Genre: Animation/Adventure/Family Year: 2006 Before anything is said about this movie, allow me to state the obvious: this is a children’s movie. By children’s movie I mean gueared entirely for an audience of little people the talles of whom will probably only be four feet tall. I am not talking about a [...]
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Director: Ji-woon Kim Genre: Drama/Horror/Mystery/Thriller Year: 2003 The consensus, before I watched this, was that this movie was amazing. That is not something I should be told prior to watching a movie, because I tend to rise my expectations to more rigid standards. Going into this movie I had heard all over eatpoo that raving [...]
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Director: Mike Mills Genre: Drama/Comedy Year: 2005 It was the middle of the day when I saw this movie, and I picked it because I was not in the mood for a serious drama. For whatever reason, I was under the impression that this movie was a comedy. There was funny parts to it, but [...]
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Director: Chris Terrio Genre: Drama Year: 2005 To say that I have a favorite genre would be a lie, because I find myself switching from one to the other depending on my mood, but I have to say that this one is definately on my top three. Ironically enough, it is the type of genre [...]
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Director: Joss Whedon Genre: Sci-Fi/Action/Thriller/Adventure Year: 2005 Yes! This is what sci-fi is supposed to be like! This is exactly what we needed since Star Wars turned to crap! A mixture of action, comedy, sci-fi and romance set in a well worked out universe that one can truly submerge themselves into. Now, I will concede [...]
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Director: Danny Boyle Genre: Drama/Comedy/Thriller/Crime Year: 1994 A reporter, an accountant and a doctor all live in a flat, and they are looking for a roomate. It sounds like the set up for a joke, and given the way this movie opens, the theory does not seem like a far shot, where these three people, [...]
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Director: Mike Leigh Genre: Drama/Comedy Year: 1993 Let us speak of freaky coincidence when in this movie Johnny (David Thewlis) speaks the following line: “I used to be a werewolf, but I am allright no—OOOWWWWWW!” For those of you who do not know, David Thewlis went on to become the famous Professor Lupin nearly a [...]
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Director: Kirk Jones Genre: Comedy/Family/Fantasy Year: 2005 Well, I have kids, so I am bound to go see movies of this sort which I would probably never step into of my own accord. It is something you get used to and something that occasionally surprises you, as was the case with Madagascar which I enjoyed [...]
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Director: Peter Jackson Genre: Adventure/Action/Drama/Romance Year: 2005 When I heard, shortly after the last installment of Lord of the Rings, that Peter Jackson was going to be directing ‘King Kong’, I facepalmed and wondered what was wrong with this world. I have never been a fan of King Kong, and never had enough interest to [...]