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Notorious

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

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 …]

The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code is the big movie. The hype that we have been seeing for months and that audiences have waited more than a year for has culminated into a film that does not live up to its epic buildup. Tom Hanks and Ron Howard’s big screen adaptation of the Dan Brown novel is [Read More …]

Munich

Munich was a long movie, a really long movie. At three hours it feels more like a miniseries than a film. This award nominee length wouldn’t be so unbearable if the film wasn’t so tedious, but it is. Considering that this film burst abruptly onto the radar after War of the Worlds was released the [Read More …]

Brokeback Mountain

For all of those who have been put off by the buzz around Brokeback Mountain or the content of the film, what are you waiting for? Brokeback Mountain is one of the best films of the year, gay cowboys or not, and it is certainly a film worth paying $9.50 or whatever exorbitant price local [Read More …]

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