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District 9 was possibly the greatest cinematic surprise of 2009. Out of nowhere has come one of the best films of the year, and it’s a science fiction film. I don’t expect the film to get much love from the awards shows, but District 9 is one of the best 2 or three films of [Read More …] 
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the best of the Harry Potter films thus far. It is an amazing feat of writing, directing, and editing to take a beloved book that checks in at around 740 pages and melt it into a two and a half hour film while remaining true to the [Read More …] 
Notorious is a classic Hitchcock film from the time when he concentrated on story and substance rather than pop-art stylism. Not to knock some of his later important films but I find my favorites to be the polished gems from the 1940s like Rebecca, Shadow of a Doubt, and Suspicion over later films like Vertigo, [Read More …] 
Walk the Line is the latest in the flurry of biographies of celebrities made into films. This biopic is about the Man in Black, country singer Johnny Cash. Walk the Line is the best of this recent trend due to magnificent performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Johnny Cash and June Carter. Combine [Read More …] 
King Kong is in a word magnificent. This is the reason filmmakers make movies and it is the reason that the rest of us go see films. To be caught up in the spectacle of a world that is so different than our own, to be invested in the accomplishments and defeats of the characters [Read More …] |
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