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something to see: REVANCHE

This is hands down the best-directed film I’ve seen since The Lives of Others in 2006 and Atonement in 2007. I saw it in theatres last summer and have meant to tell more people. For those of you that have Netflix, put it on your instant queue and watch it. Like, now. The title obviously […]

Shutter Island

Just to reassure you all, I don’t spend all my time thinking about the tragedy of Slipknot or the existential situation of being on a boat. One thing I’m thinking, more and more, is that Scorsese is a director worth examining more in a personal attempt to address in what way film relates to art. […]

Avatar

A 3-D CGI cinema experience, $300 billion dollar budget, and 3 hours of “revolutionary, Hollywood-blockbuster, visual eye-candy…” well, here are three reasons why I think Avatar was a bad movie. (And further, that it was deceptively bad, because it looked so good): 1. It is anti-human. (forget mere claims of anti-American, anti-military)2. It offers no […]

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