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Review #11 – Julie & Julia
February 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ok, I have watched a lot of films in my day. A lot. More then my fair share. My High school years (well, from Sophomore year when I used to sneak out during study halls onward) were spent watching a lot of movies. A LOT of movies. In college, we had a free station that [...]
Review #9 – Up in the Air
February 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bill Simmons (Page 2 writer for ESPN.com) equates different game situations to what he calls “Levels of Losing”, each one is a different level of loss that your own sports team goes through now and again. Specifically, there are (in his most recent update) 16 levels of loss, Ranging from the “Princeton Principle”, when your [...]
Review # 8 – Up
February 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Animated films don’t tend to fare well outside of the animation categories. In fact, rarely are they nominated for the top prizes by the Academy (the last Best Picture nomination for an animation was Beauty and the Beast in 1992), but with this years “Up”, Disney has once again breathed new life into this genre. [...]
Review #6 – Precious
February 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With sadness comes hope. Thats the overwhelming sentiment I have about the film “Precious”, the story of an unfortunate incest survivor whose own father is the father of her own 2 kids. Layered amidst flights of fancy to escape the harsh realities she is trying to face, the protagonists struggles to find not only self [...]
Review # 2 – District 9
February 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Just after my Birthday, I went out with Thunder E to see District 9. Afterwards, he stopped for dinner, and I joined him – while waiting for his food I made 2 calls. To both people I said "I just watched my first Academy award film of the year." I cannot believe I forgot [...]
Academy Awards Pre-viewing pleasures!
February 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
