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Azumi is exactly what I would expect seeing in a Japanese action movie. Though it was billed as an action opera, I’m not sure I see the operatic in this film. Kitamura presents a stylized swordplay film complete with quirky characters, strange humor, and lots and lots of gore. There were some unnecessarily artistic elements [Read More …] 
The Haunted Mansion was a fine family adventure film based on the theme park ride of the same name from the Disney theme parks, and if that was all that the film was expected to be it would have been fine and good and the review could proceed accordingly. However, Disney happened to release this [Read More …] There are good years for Oscar and there are bad years for Oscar. Overall I think this was a pretty darn good year. Granted there have been complaints that the Oscars were boring. There were no hideously awful dresses, though Uma Thurman tried to make a good run of it. No [Read More …] I was looking at a filmography and it occurred to me that there were some actors and actresses who had an impact on cinema history and American culture far beyond the stretch of their film careers. The Academy Awards have not been kind to comedies over the years. Of course the Best Film winning comedies are not necessarily the best comedies ever made. Of these Academy Award winning films, only three appear on the AFI list of 100 funniest movies ever, Annie Hall appears at 4, It Happened One [Read More …] |
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