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Written by Lee Poirier
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Thursday, 31 December 2009 |
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2009 was a decent year for movies. I watched about 20 percent of every movie released this year, and the year isn't quite over, so I may slip Sherlock in before midnight tonight. [Note: I did not slip it in]
With each, I'll attach a little mini-review and a 1 to 10 rating based on what I remember. Of course, it's not fair to really compare two movies of different genre's on the same numeric scale, when a comedy can get away with loose camera work, where the best drama's can't (and that's just one example of the differences), but it's standard usage, so we'll avoid recreating a new system for judging movies and stick to convention. |
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Written by Lee Poirier
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Thursday, 22 January 2009 |
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As you can see by the trailer here, it's basically a movie that elevates autism to the "Indigo Children" level, giving Zen, the main character, supernatural martial arts abilities as some sort of compensation for emotional/social detachment. 7 out of 10. |
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Tuesday, 30 August 2005 |
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(Reviewer Rating: 7 out of 10) The Aristocrats is the culmination of three years of footage collected by Paul Provenza and Penn Jilette. The film is focused on the origin and evolution of a single joke with the punch line -you guessed it- "The Aristocrats". It's done in a documentary style, interviewing huge numbers of well known actors and comedians to get their thoughts on the joke, humor in general, and in some cases, their version of the joke. |
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Written by Lee Poirier
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Sunday, 07 August 2005 |
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(Reviewer Rating: 3.5 out of 10) Originally I was going to warn that this might contain spoilers. But really, what could I spoil? Nothing shocking occurred in the movie. This movie didn't have anything even REMOTELY shocking. In fact, it was so watered down and transparent, as someone who knows the Fantastic Four, I was insulted; but from someone's perspective who doesn't know them, well, they still don't, and for that they should feel robbed. |
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Thursday, 14 July 2005 |
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(Reviewer Rating: 6 out of 10) Crash, by writer/director Paul Haggis, traces a 24 hour period in Los Angeles, following the stories of 7 (maybe 8?) people. It's hard to say because their lives crisscross in interesting ways ala, though not to the same extent, Magnolia. On the surface, it seems to be a study of racism and how it affects these normal people with many different backgrounds. Paul Haggis is no stranger to dealing with controversial subjects, having screen written Million Dollar Baby. |
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