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I hate it when they do that. But even though i have the dvd of this film, i still found myself getting excited and watching it on the box. Odd.

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Pumpkins scream in the DEAD of night!

Blood Simple
I think some parts were bland while the rest/majority were extra dope. Booya.

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King of the Ants, 2003, bad bad bad...

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We're a generation of men raised by women. I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer we need.

True Lies (Cameron, 1994) Fun, fun...


"First I'm gonna use you as a human shield, then I gonna take that chisel and kill the guard with it. Then I was thinking about breaking your neck."

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Miss Congeniality --- This original really makes me laugh even now, every time she falls over still cracks me up. Sandra Bullock has that great comic timing that is rivaled by other female comics. Can't wait for the sequel

Soul Plane --- Pointless

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Undercoverlovers 100 REDUX

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001 - Jill Sprecher


Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
1998 - Katsuhito Ishii

Mallrats (Kevin Smith - 1995)
SIX 1/2 out of TEN

Le Violon Rouge (François Girard - 1998)
SEVEN 1/2 out of TEN

Mon oncle (1958), directed by Jaques Tati.

This Academy Award winner in the Best Foreing Film category as well as winner of the Jury Prize in Cannes is a bit more stylized than Jour de fête (1949) and Les Vacances de M. Hulot (1953), the "first" two films in my Tati DVD-box. Still it has not yet arrived at the highly stylized level of Playtime (1967) (which I've seen a long time ago - and am watching again soon).

I really enjoyed Mon oncle. It's really warm and occasionally hillarious and also not just a little melancholic. Tati's character, Monsieur Hulot, is the typical goodhearted silent anti-hero that doesn't fit in anywhere. He's a loner and not liked by the modern, well situated bourgeoisie but kids and ordinary people see the good in him; if they notice him.

It's also interesting to see how Tati (Hulot), himself inspired by Chaplin and other silent era comedians (I imagine), has been an influence on such different individuals like swedish director Roy Andersson as well as Rowan Atkinson.

I really recommend Mon oncle to ..well.. all of you.

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The novelist does not long to see the lion eat grass. He realizes that one and the same God created the wolf and the lamb, then smiled, "seeing that his work was good".

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They had temporarily escaped the factories, the warehouses, the slaughterhouses, the car washes - they'd be back in captivity the next day but now they were out - they were wild with freedom. They weren't thinking about the slavery of poverty. Or the slavery of welfare and food stamps. The rest of us would be all right until the poor learned how to make atom bombs in their basements.

The Saphead
1920 - Herbert Blaché

Fanny and Alexander
1982 - Ingmar Bergman

Kinsey (2004)

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Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, John Lithgow, Oliver Platt, Peter Sarsgaard, Tim Curry, Timothy Hutton, Dylan Baker
Directed by: Bill Condon

My Grade: A

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)

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Starring: Heather Matarazzo, Matthew Faber, Brendan Sexton III, Eric Mabius, Angela Piepropinto
Directed by: Todd Solondz

My Grade: A

Elf (2003)

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Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner, Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel, Daniel Tay
Directed by: Jon Favreau

My Grade: A-

The Incredibles (2004)

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Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Elizabeth Peña, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox
Directed by: Brad Bird

My Grade: A

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

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Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Dylan Moran, Lucy Davis

Directed by: Edgar Wright

My Grade: A

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"Today, war is too important to be left to politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought. I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just had a huge post to make and then it wouldn't let me! What is this?

Here's a (much) shortened version:

Hostage - Bruce Willis vehicle which really allowed for the showing off of talent from the young Ben Foster who plays the film's deranged homicidal madman villain. See this for this guy's performance, but really everything else is merely OK. It seems that the director's only real influence is David Fincher and really he isn't an experienced enough director to warrant it, yet. C+

Robots - Great animation, good comedy, OK story (although the way this SLAMS Disney is great). B

Leon: The Professional - Luc Besson really needs to get his butt working like this again. A

The Ring Two - Very, very tense. I really like both of the American versions, but I wouldn't call them scary. Just tense. The final sequence is fantastic here, and I really don't think they left room for another one (which is a good thing). The series needs to end here. B

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Vol. 1 - Best Star Wars related material to come out in a long time. This is basically just a showcase for how bad@$$ the central Jedi characters are, but it works. Mace Windu's segment had my draw dropped for its entire length. Oh and by the way this shows some BIG moments for Anakin, in case anyone was wondering if this tied in well with the films. B+

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Not with an A- smrty pants!

Alexander
Alien: Resurrection

Now Playing: [Inside Me] I wish I knew who actually does this song, but it's a pretty solid techno song that samples one of the best moments of Resurrection. I love me some movie samples in songs. Favorite would have to be Plasmic Honey - The Exorcism.

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Horror's Not Dead
Latest Movie Review(s): Too lazy to keep this up to date. New reviews every week.

I wanted to see who the first person to correct me would be.

Loser.

That means I won, you're wrong again!

Not in my book.

Nit-picker. :rasberry smilie:

Is that the same thing as a Strawberry Shortcake? If so, sign me up!!

Dick (1999)

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Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya, Will Ferrell, David Foley

Directed by: Andrew Fleming

My Grade: B+

I'd rather it were Strawberry Switchblade...



*any MoFos getting this reference deserve my eternal gratitude, and a little stick of Blackpool rock...

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"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how the Tatty 100 is done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." - Brendan Behan

Layer Cake, UK 2004, pretty good in a complicated way...

Touch of Evil (Welles, 1958) - Seen this one a few times now, and it just gets better every time...