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Somebody make this into a movie, please

March 25, 2009
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I was listening to National Public Radio yesterday and there was a report on the drug wars going on in Mexico right now. About 8,000 people have been killed in the last 15 months throughout Mexico, all related to the drug cartels.
The report then went on to talk about two villages outside of Durango, Mexico, [...]

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Always Sunny Updates

October 11, 2008

For lack of anything else to report today, I thought I’d write about the first batch of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes.  If you’ll remember, the movie version released late in the summer was pretty lacklustre.  Following a bizarre kidnapping plot involving a disgusting-looking baby Hutt and filled with action scenes involving expendable [...]

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Paul Newman dead at 83

September 27, 2008

There are few actors on the big screen that have a way of ingraining themselves in your life. There are actors that give phenomenal performances and are always at the top of their game. But if you were to ever see them on the street it would be difficult to approach them, to speak to [...]

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It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Season 4

September 19, 2008

The two-episode premiere of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (produced by none other than Fred “Kevin Arnold” Savage) just wrapped up, and it’s still, for my money, the funniest show currently on TV.  This season began with “Mac and Dennis: Manhunters” in which Mac and Dennis become . . . manhunters, hunting recurring priest-turned-madman Rickety Cricket, [...]

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Salo or The 120 Days of Sodom

September 5, 2008

There is no easy way to write about or discuss this film. It is the kind of film that has such a divided and controversial history. It is also one of the most difficult films to watch. It is a challenging to interpret. A viewer who is not put off by the intense sexual and [...]

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Bill Maher’s Religulous

August 17, 2008

As a fan of Bill Maher’s cynical commentary, I looked forward with glee to his documentary Religulous, an examination through interviews of the varieties of religious experience.  It will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Maher that the film is very critical of religion, and at its heart is a rallying cry for [...]

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

August 16, 2008

The first big-screen Star Wars animated adventure is full of non-stop computer-generated action, but it lacks something in seriousness and depth.  Taking place between Episodes II and III, The Clone Wars follows Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi as they unravel a Separatist kidnapping plot involving the son of Jabba the Hutt.  The movie also introduces [...]

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Bottle Rocket on Criterion!!!!!!

August 16, 2008

It’s finally happened. After years of cinema fans anxiously foaming at the mouth for a collectors edition of the first film on one of the young American masters. Wes Anderson’s debut Bottle Rocket will finally be on Criterion DVD in November. The special features will include a making of documentary, commentary by Anderson and Owen [...]

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Pineapple Express

August 8, 2008

Pineapple Express is the latest in the Judd Apatow series of movies. Apatow began his career as a writer and executive producer of a short lived series called Freaks & Geeks. The series has a very solid cult following, and the same can be said about all of Apatow’s movies. It is also great to [...]

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