10/27/2011

Swimming With Sharks

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Life is not a movie. Everybody lies. Good guys lose. And love does not conquer all.
2/26/2010

My One and Only (2009).

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2/24/2010

Everybody's Fine (2009) .

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. My personal rating: B
2/23/2010

Randy and the Mob (2007)

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. "What are our options again?" Ray McKinnon wrote and directed this strange little comedy and not only appears as Randy but also...
2/21/2010

The Invention of Lying (2009) .

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. My personal rating: B
2/14/2010

Adam (2009)

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. The story of two strangers. One stranger than the other. After Adam's ( Hugh Dancy ) father dies, Adam is alone in the NYC apartment t...
2/01/2010

Is Anybody There? (2009)

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. "You accumulate regrets and they stick to you like old bruises." Ten-year-old Edward ( Bill Milner ) is obsessed with death. He ...
1/20/2010

In the Loop (2009)

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. "This is the problem. Civilians wanted to go to war. Once you've been there, once you've seen it, you never want to go there ...
1/16/2010

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)

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. Based on true incidents "Dedication and intelligence are the easy part." Wirh the sacrifices and determination of his mother ( K...
1/12/2010

Boy A (2007) .

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. My personal rating: B-

Departures (2008) .

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. My personal rating: B
1/11/2010

In a Day (2006) .

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. My personal rating: C+
1/10/2010

The Accidental Husband (2008)

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. "Don't settle for a boyfriend when you can demand a manfriend." R = Is he responsible? E = Is he your equal? A = Is he an ad...
1/09/2010

The Emerald Forest (1985) .

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. My personal rating: C
1/08/2010

Eve's Bayou (1997) .

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. My personal rating: B-
1/07/2010

The Man Who Cried (2000).

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1/06/2010

Inglourious Basterds (2009) .

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. My personal rating: A-
1/04/2010

Snatch (2000)

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. "You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity." After Franky Four Fingers ( Benicio Del Toro ) and his crew, d...
1/03/2010

Life as a House (2001)

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. "Truth doesn't set us free." George ( Kevin Kline ) hates his job as a model maker for an engineering firm. He lives in a ho...
1/02/2010

One Night at McCool's (2001)

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. "Suddenly, my whole life changed." Jewel ( Liv Tyler ), a trampy knockout, has only ever wanted a house full of all the best. On...
1/01/2010

Taking Woodstock (2009)

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. "They think that 5,000 people are going to buy tickets." Elliot Teichberg ( Demetri Martin ) returns for the summer to his small...
12/15/2009

Rage (2009)

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. A most curious film. An unseen blogger named Michelangelo, spends a week interviewing various people involved in a fashion house in antici...
12/01/2009

Into the Storm (2009)

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"In war: Resolution. In defeat: Defiance. In victory: Magnanimity. In peace: Goodwill." ~Winston Churchill Despite Winston Churchi...
11/26/2009

Funny People (2009)

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. George Simmons ( Adam Sandler ), a successful stand-up comedian and comic actor, is decked when he is diagnosed with a terminal illness. H...
11/18/2009

The Open Road (2009)

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. ”That’s the deal. He commits to something and then the idea of commitment totally freaks him out.” Minor league baseball player and aspiri...
10/28/2009

Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)

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The Rodriguez family is coming together for Christmas. Bodega owner Edy ( Alfred Molina ) and his wife Anna ( Elizabeth Peña ) are eager to ...
10/07/2009

The Brothers Bloom (2008)

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. "See, you've reached an unethical conclusion. You think you want out, but you don't. One last con. " The quirky little t...
10/01/2009

Rope! (1948)

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. "We've killed for the sake of danger. And for the sake of killing. We're alive. Truly and wonderfully alive." Inspired b...
9/27/2009

Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)

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. This is one where note taking will only help the viewing. Oh, wait! Forget the notes. The tale is so convoluted that even notes won’t help...
9/26/2009

Lymelife (2008)

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. Suburban life. A marriage in crisis. Teenagers coming of age. The ravages of Lyme disease. The loss of the American dream all set on Long ...
9/25/2009

All Roads Lead Home (2008)

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. "All she sees, in all living things is the potential. God, why would anyone want her to see it any other way." Young Belle Lawlo...
9/24/2009

The Other Man (2008)

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. "I prefer hotels and heaven." Lisa ( Laura Linney ) all but reveals to her husband Peter ( Liam Neeson ) that she is having an a...
9/23/2009

The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008)

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. "She's bright and happy...which is not what you predicted." Dr. David Henry ( Dermot Mulroney ) is haunted by images of his ...
9/22/2009

It Runs In the Family (1994)

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. "That's what life is...a tie. a lousy tie." A sequel to the ever popular A Christmas Story , this tale finds young Ralphie ...
9/21/2009

Beautiful Girls (1996)

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. ”If I'm not mistaken, you've come back here to the house of loneliness and tears, to Daddy Downer and Brother Bummer, to come to s...
9/20/2009

The Merry Gentleman (2008)

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Kate Frazier ( Kelly Macdonald ) can no longer stand the abuse her husband Michael ( Bobby Cannavale ) dishes out so she escapes to a new l...
9/19/2009

Jagged Edge (1985)

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"I need to see your face." When newspaper publisher Jack Forrester ( Jeff Bridges ) is accused of murdering his heiress wife, atto...
9/18/2009

Billy Bathgate (1991)

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"What do you think the odds are I’ll beat this rap?" Billy Bathgate ( Loren Dean ) is an ambitious young man. He's drawn to ...
9/17/2009

High Crimes (2002)

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"You have no idea what it's like to see somebody you love killed right in front of you." High profile San Francisco lawyer Cla...
9/16/2009

The Valet (2006)

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. Billionaire Pierre Levasseur ( Daniel Auteuil ) is having an affair with young supermodel Elena ( Alice Taglioni ) but must gain time to a...
9/15/2009

Dreamer (2005)

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Inspired by a true story ”You're taking your kid and your horse to the Breeder's Cup tomorrow. 'Cause that's the dream of ev...
9/14/2009

Inventing the Abbotts (1997)

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. Narrator: "The end of my innocence began in 1957. It is remarkable to me now just how little I knew then about the people around me. ...
9/13/2009

25th Hour (2002)

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. "You had it all, and you threw it away, you dumb ####!" Brooklyn boy Monty Brogan ( Edward Norton ) is heading to prison for dea...
9/12/2009

A Kiss Before Dying (1991)

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. When Jonathan “Jay” Corliss ( Matt Dillon ) finds out his rich girlfriend Dorothy ( Sean Young ) is pregnant. He’d planned to use her to g...
9/11/2009

Funny Bones (1995)

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. "Why do all the best things in life belong to the past?" Comedian Tommy Fawkes ( Oliver Platt ) has a hard act to follow. His ...
9/10/2009

Monk: 7:3 (TV Series)

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Season 7 Episodes 9-12 Disc 3 My personal rating: B
9/09/2009

Another Woman (1988)

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. "I wondered of a memory is something you had or something you lost." Marion Post ( Gena Rowlands ), director of undergraduate st...
9/08/2009

The Boys and Girl from County Clare (2005)

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. "Ready, one, two..." Growing up in County Clare, Jimmy and John Joe McMahon grew up learning ceili music. Now, forty years late...
9/07/2009

Such a Long Journey (2000)

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. Twelve centuries ago, the Persian Empire was conquered by Arabs. When forced to choose between Islam and death, a small group of Persians ...
9/06/2009

Class (1983)

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. Sophomoric Jonathan ( Andrew McCarthy ), a naive country boy, earns a scholarship to a classy prep school. His roommate, the handsome pra...
9/05/2009

Don't Come Knocking (2005)

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. "Where is Howard? Who is Howard? He's long gone, he's long gone." Howard Spence ( Sam Shepard ) is a washed up cowboy a...
9/04/2009

All the Pretty Horses (2000)

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. "I guess country lasts forever. People ain’t but for a little while." All John Grady Cole ( Matt Damon ) ever wanted to do was r...
9/03/2009

Chrystal (2004)

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. Involved in a high speed chase, Joe ( Billy Bob Thornton) loses control of his car and wrecks. In the process, his young son is killed an...
9/02/2009

Solas (1999)

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Alone Maria ( Ana Fernández ), a Spanish woman in her thirties, walks through life without passion or love. She'd left her parents home...
9/01/2009

State of Play (2009)

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. When the mistress and top research aide of Congressman Stephen Collins ( Ben Affleck ) dies on the train tracks, he recruits his old colle...
8/31/2009

My August 2009 Viewings

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Good Bye Solo (2008), B-, 8/31/09 Winchell (1998), B, 8/30/09 Purpose (2002), B-, 8/29/09 The Golden Boys (2007), B, 8/28/09 Shall We Da...

Good Bye Solo (2008)

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. "Who told you that you could get into my life?" Elderly William ( Red West ) rides with a Senegalese taxi driver in Winston-Sale...
8/30/2009

Winchell (1998)

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. "The man who is hated by everyone knows who his friends are. And the man who is loved by everyone has more enemies than most." A...
8/29/2009

Purpose (2002)

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. Love and money in the internet age John Elias ( John Light ) has a brilliant new concept for the internet in the booming late 1990s. He’s ...
8/28/2009

The Golden Boys (2007)

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. "Well, seems to be a strong running for ‘vivacious brunettes,’ and over here, ‘blonds of tender and romantic dispositions’. Which one...