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A Cineaste's View: November 2009
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Up in the Air. I truly wish the TV commercial for this movie did not tout it as being the "from director of. That is selling it short. Or worse. Was self-conscious in almost every aspect. Up In The Air. However, is anything but that. It is fresh, funny and touching - and probably marks (I hope) a new epoch in. S somewhat uneven career (What was. Young whippersnapper Natalie Keener ( Anna Kendrick. To let him go on one last trip to show Keener the tricks. He returns to the job with a new intensity. S rang...
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A Cineaste's View: March 2010
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Alice in Wonderland (3D). I put off writing this one for a few reasons. In fact, it may be too late to influence anyone, but the irritation I felt still lingers. Burton did Alice a disservice. There I said it. It delivered numerous sighs, forehead-to-palm slaps and a headache (not caused by the forehead slapping). An older Alice (. Finds herself being forced into a society marriage with a useless fool and in a fit of fear, she runs off and follows a rabbit ( Michael Sheen. Posted by Eminence Grise. Cumbe...
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A Cineaste's View: I've moved
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I've moved to a new site: mwgerard.com. But don't worry - this site will remain open and all of these posts and comments are on the new site too. All of my writings and posts, including film reviews. Will be housed at the new site. Posted by Eminence Grise. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Cineaste's Bookshelf - Book Reviews. Cumberland Co. Fair - Support the Tradition. A Week In Rural Illinois. Dave "Big Brother" School's Blog. Dispatches from Aaron in Morocco.
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A Cineaste's View: Thoughts on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
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Thoughts on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. Things I Noticed Upon Viewing the Final Installment of Harry Potter. Harry, it's time to get some laser eye surgery. (Or as my husband suggested, get someone to do a little occulum repairum. Nope, it's Coventry Cathedral after the bombing. Voldemort seriously needs some lotion. Potter and Voldemort are NOT Sherlock and Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. Stop it. Seriously guys. Spit it out! The Room of Requirement would be a fantastic yard sale. The D...
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A Cineaste's View: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. If you've read the classic short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Be warned. The wit and charm (and the major plot points) are missing from this melodramatic adaptation. The story was inspired by Mark Twain. S comment that youth is wasted on the young. Fitzgerald. Took the idea and ran with it, and the film shares the same central idea. A baby is born as an old man, then grows younger as time passes, until dying as a baby. . Character is flat, and nearly opaque....
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A Cineaste's View: MESRINE: Parts Un et Deux
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MESRINE: Parts Un et Deux. Part 1 - Killer Instinct. Part 2 - Public Enemy No. 1. I have rarely been so entranced by what is primarily an action movie. So far-reaching is the protagonist's mayhem that it took two full length films to show just pieces of his exploits. There could easily have been a third. The saga begins in the early 1960s when Jacques Mesrine ( Vincent Cassel. Have labelled him Public Enemy #1, but the public are not so quick to condemn. He is a modern Robin Hood. By the second film, Mes...
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A Cineaste's View: October 2010
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Do not bother to see this movie. If you want to know why, read on. If not, I don't blame you. I don't want to revisit it either. Revitalized his career, along with Mickey Rourke's. Natalie Portman fears the reflection of her own self. Sounds good, right? Additionally, the genre of backstage dramas are (usually) fertile soil for intense relationships, obsessions, hidden motives, and false backgrounds. Is her on/off friend, and sometimes foil, who tries to convince her it's ok to relax once in awhile. ...
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An American in Geoje: SE Asia Day 8 (part 2): The Killing Fields
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An American in Geoje. An expat writes about life in Geoje, South Korea. Monday, November 17, 2008. SE Asia Day 8 (part 2): The Killing Fields. An excellent example of how crooked the current Cambodian government is how they recently leased the Choeng Ek Killing Fields Memorial to a Japanese company. This sobering place of national remembrance was sold off! Around the site, there are occasional ditches, surrounded by fences. It didn’t occur to me that these were the actual mass grave sites that ...The odd...
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An American in Geoje: SE Asia Day 10: On The Road from Phnom Penh
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An American in Geoje. An expat writes about life in Geoje, South Korea. Sunday, November 30, 2008. SE Asia Day 10: On The Road from Phnom Penh. He said, “No no, we do not take tuk-tuk to Thailand! Oh, that reminds me of a joke. How many Cambodians does it take to bring a bus of tourists to the border? 160; Give up? 160; Four. One to drive, two to handle luggage, and one to supervise. I soon realized that there was no way this bus had air conditioning. It was just too old and worn-down for the...It rea...
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