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Director: Miranda July Genre: Drama/Comedy Year: 2005 I had never actually heard of this film until it was brought up by somebody in the Eatpoo forums. Being an independent film it managed to slip under the radar until about a year after its release. But the important thing is that I did watch it. Filled [...]
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Director: Catherine Breillat Genre: Drama Year: 2001 The first time I heard of this movie, it was during an NPR review, which was relatively favorable…the only reason I added it to my list. Having watched it, I am still not sure I enjoyed it incredibly, though it certainly had its strong points. The story revolves [...]
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Director: Shunji Iwai Genre: Crime/Drama/Music/Thriller Year: 2001 This is not the first time that I have found myself misguided by Netflix. What follows is their synopsis for the movie: In this chilling teen drama set amid the chaotic world of Japanese cyber-pop culture, 14-year-old Okinawan Yuichi Hasumi (Hayato Ichihara) is an avid fan of a [...]
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Director: Neil LaBute Genre: Comedy Year: 1997 Satiric and biting commentary on my sexism, playerism and pretty mush every other -ism that men are accused of, this is a movie where the only likeable character, is the victim…and at some points you do not even like her. For the kind of effect this story has, [...]
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Director: M. Night Shyamalan Genre: Adventure/Fantasy/Mystery/Thriller Year: 2006 Though M. Night opened himself to me as one of the most promising directors of contemporary times, I am slowly starting to see him more like a George Lucas than a Spielberg. Not to be rough on the guy, but his movies have been declining on an [...]
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Director: Terrence Malik Genre: Drama/Mystery/Thriller Year: 2006 How to describe this film…having chewed on it for a while, the one phrase I continue returning to is: visual poetry. Without a doubt this one is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. Literally and not, this film wraps itself with a quiet beauty [...]
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Director: Terrence Malik Genre: History/Drama/Romance/Adventure/Biography Year: 2005 How to describe this film…having chewed on it for a while, the one phrase I continue returning to is: visual poetry. Without a doubt this one is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. Literally and not, this film wraps itself with a quiet beauty [...]
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Director: Laurence Dunmore Genre: Drama Year: 2004 I had such high expectations when I saw the preview for this movie. The cinematography, the art direction, the cast…even the grainy stock of film they opted to use. This promised to be something to follow along the lines of Amadeus, or Dearly Beloved…one of those films set [...]
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Director: Joe Johnston Genre: Adventure/Action/Drama/Western Year: 2004 I saw the previews for this a while ago and though I had it on my Netflix list, I did not put it on the fast track. In fact, if it had not been for my wife’s insistence, it probably would have remained buried in the hundreds or [...]
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Director: Gore Verbinski Genre: Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Comedy Year: 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Dark Pearl, or as my youngest daughter likes to call it “Pirates Life for Me” was probably the surprise hit when it came out. I went in with impossibly low expectations, because right around that time a string of movies were [...]