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The Woman in Red (1984)
A comedy made in a time when real stories could be told without the shackles of superficial humor and before every line had to set up a joke. Unfortunately, the comedy that IS there isn’t funny enough. Wilder is tolerable but not magnetic. LeBrock is smashing. Would have liked to…
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Weird Science (1985)
I still remember deciding to go see Real Genius rather than this one at the theater. Was probably a mistake. Good stuff from Hughes, but probably would have liked it more if I had seen it back in the day. Hall had it. And LeBrock really had something. Looks, confidence,…
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Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush (2007)
Nice. Much in the style of Ken Burns’ Baseball, only this is a much more specific chapter of baseball history.
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The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
OK, but kind of hollow. Not much to it. Hathaway’s pretty cute.
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Saving Silverman (2001)
Not bad. Peet is hot, but there’s just something about her… Black is an unobtrusive, mildly funny sidekick. Zahn is magical. Will he ever be given a lead role?
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La Dolce Vita (1960)
A celebration of celebrity and the high life, but lacking an emotional story. Marcello is very cool. Anouk Aimée is striking. Dijon, as Frankie Stout, is one of the freakiest-looking dudes in the history of film. Wonderful framing and lighting in every shot.
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Hot Fuzz (2007)
Great editing, but not much else. Pegg, who looks better with a goatee, certainly has sense of comic timing, but the movie stoops to the level of Reno 911. The Timothy Dalton spiking effect was exceptional.
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The Journalist and the Jihadi: The Murder of Daniel Pearl (2006)
Interesting background. Amanpour’s delivery gets annoying, though.
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