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And as promised, here is the second part of that movie dump I promised. This ought to catch me up with my movies and hopefully I can skim a little less when reviewing the next one. Thank you for your patience! -Fco. Couples Retreat Director: Peter Billingsley OK, so not every movie I watch is the sort [...] As I am wont to do when I fall behind on film reviews, which I unfortunately did towards the end of the year, rather than not reviewing some of the films I have watched at all, I put them in a dump of mini-reviews for you. So, here it is, do forgive me if I [...] Director: John Hillcoat If Avatar was one of the best films you will see 2009, The Road is likely to be one of the greatest films you will not. Which is a shame, but it seems the universe has been conspiring against this movie from the very start, to the point that I fear [...] Director: James Cameron It is rare that Hollywood manages to give us something that balances the mainstream with the intellectual, the entertaining with the insightful and so, when it does happen, it is bound to be noticed. This holiday season, people have taken notice of Avatar which is a pleasant surprise, because it is [...] Director: Oren Peli This feel did sort of creep up on us like its subject matter, didn’t it? When I initially heard of it it was set to be playing in something like thirteen places and only for a limited time. Next thing I know it is everywhere, playing all day long [...] Director: Joon-ho Bong Based on the true events of South Korea’s most notorious serial killer/rapist, this movie is an overview of the investigation that went into the still unresolved case. Though clearly dramatized, the film still comes across as a powerful, thrilling police drama as a group of investigators rush to try to find [...] Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady Ironically, one of the most alarming documentaries I have watched in quite some time, this Oscar nominated film follows a number of youngsters from conservative Christian families as they are sent to the Kids on Fire Camp – a summer camp (located in Devil’s Lake, N.D – no joke) [...] Director: John Huston Geoffrey Firmin (Albert Finney; Before the Devil Knows You Are Dead, Big Fish), British consul to Mexico, stationed in Cuernavaca, is drunk. Again, this time permanently. With his life unraveling before him, paired with the seeming loss of his wife, he has begun to split at the seams, chasing drink after [...] Director: Darren Aronofsky I will start with an honest statement: This is my least favorite of Darren Aronofsky’s movies. I will follow that up with a second honest statement: This movie is great! With the likes of Wong Kar-wai, Danny Boyle, Kim Ki-duk and Guillermo del Toro, Aronofsky is simply one of the best directors [...] Director: Isabel Coixet A strong drama always gets to me and this is precisely that, the story of David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley; Transsiberian, Lucky Number Slevin) a cultural critic, persona and professor who has spend the most of his life living in independence and free from any social commitment. Even the small relationship he [...] |
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