Category: Movies
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Neko on a Hot Tin Roof
I rented Onibaba (Demon Woman) because a website recommended it to fans of Yokai Monsters and Kwaidan, two movies about Japanese ghosts and monsters. Plus, it’s got a big demon on the cover! The truth is that, except for the last twenty minutes or so, it’s not about obakemono at all, and it isn’t what…
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How many Spartans does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
I’ve got to admit I was biased against 300 from the start, because I don’t like Frank Miller. I don’t like his art, and his writing only works for me when he sticks to one or two of his strong areas. And I can never tell where he’s coming from — he always strikes me…
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Flight 180 Part 2: The Pile-Up
Seems like every time I make an effort to meet Hollywood halfway, they slap me down. Last night I watched Final Destination 2, and it used up all my good will towards idiotic consumer entertainment product. In this case, Flight 180 Part 2: The Pile-Up is a better title. Partly because they mention Flight 180…
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Death be not too proud for focus testing
I watched Final Destination a while back, and I enjoyed it just fine. It’s perfect for all your young-people-getting-killed-in-gruesome-ways needs. I suspect that this is one of those cases where waiting for the DVD is hundreds of times better than seeing it when it first came out. For one thing, the opening works as well…
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Me gusta las películas
I’m not enjoying my theme week anymore. As much as I love giving out my unsolicited opinions (and in the list form my OCD craves, no less), I’m tired of writing a novella about it every night. So here I’m taking the Livejournal/MySpace route and just listing My Favorite Movies Miller’s Crossing Star Wars Raiders…
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One hot French slut’s illicit obsession
I rented With a Friend Like Harry… (the other translation, Harry, He’s Here to Help is actually a better title) because I thought Sergi Lopez was a bad-ass in Pan’s Labyrinth, and I wanted to see what he could do as the bad guy in a flat-out horror/suspense thriller. Also, I just wanted to see…
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And all on account of some dame
After 35 years and I don’t know how many film classes, I finally got around to seeing The Killers. What a completely bad-ass movie this is. It’s already one of my favorites, and I’ve already decided I’m probably never going to see it again, because nothing could be as cool as watching it all unfold…
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Mama don’t wanna take her medicine
Somebody’s got to remind me not to go to the Kabuki for movies. For some reason I’ve got it stuck in my head that it’s perfect for dinner and a movie afterwards, and I always forget how they stuff you into cramped seats in a tiny 100-seat theater with a screen not much bigger than…
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She is one funny bumpy thing
I wasn’t a big fan of Jesus is Magic. In fact, it managed to do what I never would’ve thought possible: by the end of it, I was kind of sick of Sarah Silverman and wanted her to go away. If you want to read somebody who can write say what I’m thinking, Stephanie Zacharek’s…
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Ben Folds Five
Tonight I saw the live RiffTrax show at the San Rafael theater. It was the awesomest, which is lucky for me, since I’m going to be seeing it again tomorrow night in the city. A year or so after I graduated college, the MST3K guys did a Comedy Central-sponsored tour where they’d show one of…
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A Series of Really, Really Unfortunate Events
You’ve got to be in the right frame of mind to watch Pan’s Labyrinth and enjoy it. I’m not sure what that frame of mind would be, exactly, but I wasn’t in it. I want to make it clear up front that it’s a very good movie. The story is very well told, imaginative but…
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Nicholas Cage is in bad movies. Pass it on.
I think it’s every blogger’s duty to make sure as many people see this as possible. The best scenes from Wicker Man. I haven’t seen the movie, but by the looks of it he was just asking for the bees. What a dick.