I saw the video below over on FilmDrunk. It’s a compilation of the the most fucked out, lazy, and my most hated cinematic plot device, originally from Top Gun. “I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.” There’s nothing wrong with the sentence. In its original context, the dialogue actually works and [...]
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July 18, 2010
Inception
I don’t dream often. I just sleep. I like it this way. I don’t think I could live in the world that Inception takes place in. A not-so futuristic world where dreams are as vivid as reality and people willingly share REM sleep cycles. Along with the Brave New World of dreaming comes the darker [...]
June 29, 2010
Knight and Day
I feel like Tom Cruise is still doing damage control from the whole Oprah-couch-Scientology backlash from a few years back. Knight and Day is just his latest attempt to repair his image and make movie fans remember that he used to be very likable and bankable at the box office. Knight and Day is exactly [...]
June 20, 2010
Top Ten 80′s Teen Movies
I finally watched Say Anything this week. It’s widely considered an eighties classic and the scene with John Cusak and the boom box is iconic. Going into the film I expected a traditional romantic comedy, but what I watched was some fucked up Daddy’s girl story that lacked humor, wit and a likable protagonist. I [...]
February 16, 2010
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day was the worst movie I’ve seen in a theatre since Ms. Congeniality 2. You may wonder why I even attended such an atrocity. The reason is compromise. It’s really what all relationships come down to, especially on Hallmark holidays. I pick Zombieland on blu-ray from Netflix (eh…), and she picks Valentine’s Day. In [...]
January 22, 2010
Julie & Julia
I never watched Julia Child on TV but word is that she was pretty diesel. She drank, was loose on screen and is credited for popularizing authentic French cuisine in America during the sixties with her book Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Julie Powell was just some directionless woman who decided to cook every [...]
