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Director: Todd Field Genre: Drama/Romance Year: 2006 As I put it in Turtle Pellets a few episodes back, this movie seems to me like Magnolia‘s less epic, little sister. A fine film, any way you choose to dissect it, but on a smaller scale. Filled with flawed characters, all of whom are difficult to like, [...]
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Director: Werner Herzog Genre: Documentary Year: 2005 It had been so long since I saw a documentary, this one was actually picked by my wife and a fine pick it was. From the opening lines, you are prepped for a bizarre ride into the mind of a man (Timothy Treadwell) who decided to leave everything [...]
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Director: Gillies MacKinnon Genre: Drama Year: 2002 Ok, I’ll come out straight up and say it, this is one hell of a depressing film, and do not be fooled by Keira Knightly on the front of the cover, she is not the main character. Oh and if you saw the trailers…the soccer matches are really [...]
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Director: Sam Raimi Genre: Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi/Thriller Year: 2007 Ok, I have a long ass list of films I have watched that need to be put up here and I finally have time, still…I will have to be brief, because frankly, a movie like Spider-Man 3 does not deserve the attention of half the other movies I [...]
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Director: Ang Lee Genre: Drama/Romance Year: 2005 If you can get past your homophobic self (speaking only to those that may have homophobic tendencies) this movie is actually pretty decent. Nothing to write home about, but certainly not bad, and most definitely not worth the shock value most people put on it. Oh my god, [...]
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Director: Christian Carion Genre: War/Drama/Foreign Year: 2005 Based on true accounts gathered from letters sent home, this movie tells the story of the first Christmas of the First World War, when it was widely believed that this war, was nothing but a quick conflict that would be short lived. Nobody expected the bloody years that [...]
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Director: Stephen Frears Genre: Biography/Drama Year: 2006 A drama’s drama, and if you are a fan of the genre, look no further. This movie deals with British Queen Elizabeth, focusing mostly on the time before and after the death of Princess Diana. And though on the surface, it is the week following the Princess’ death [...]
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Director: Philip Kaufman Genre: Drama/History/Romance/Foreign Year: 1988 The most unbearable part of this film was its lenght, which was a horrific 171 minutes, according to IMDB, but I think they are lying, unless I saw the uncut version, because it seriously felt closer to four hours long. And yes that is a complaint against this [...]
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Director: Darren Aronfsky Genre: Drama/Romance/Sci-Fi Year: 2006 Probably one of the coolest yet most underrated movies of 2006, certainly failing to get the attention it well deserves, this film treats three separate stories played by Hugh Jackman and Rachael Weisz. The main story takes place in what can be considered the present, where Tommy (Jackman) [...]
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Director: Noah Baumbach Genre: Drama/Comedy Year: 2005 Well, I have a lot of movies to review and not a lot of time to review them in, so, as my wife says, I am going to try to just…bang them out. This movie is produced by none other than Wes Anderson, great director of Rocket Bottle, [...]