Jeff's Reviews

Thoughts on every movie I've ever seen.

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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

Reviewed on May 17, 2007

Quite a story. Not quite as biting as Moore’s stuff, but pretty well-researched.

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King Kong (1976)

Reviewed on May 8, 2007

Though topical in the 70’s, the big oil subplot is a bit forced. Peter Jackson told the story better. Effects are a bit clumsy. Lange was cute.

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United 93 (2006)

Reviewed on Apr 30, 2007

Easy drama. Good performances by lots of no-name actors.

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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

Reviewed on Apr 30, 2007

Gets the rating because I’m a Chevy fan. Some definite Fletch-isms in there. This might be his last decent film.

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Falling Down (1993)

Reviewed on Apr 28, 2007

Probably Schumacher’s most interesting film. Like Mosquito Coast, a story about how society drives a good man to be bad. We’ve all felt like this guy at some point. I’d love to see a movie like this come out today. Douglas is intense, but is this his normal psychosis? Or…

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Yellow Brick Road (2005)

Reviewed on Apr 23, 2007

Touching. Just wish I wasn’t so familiar with the songs. Not knowing them might have made them more emotional.

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U.S. Marshals (1998)

Reviewed on Apr 14, 2007

Snipes rides on the success of Passenger 57. Jones was in every movie of the 1990’s.

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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

Reviewed on Apr 14, 2007

An inspired performance by Rush, but the story is just not good enough. Theron is stunning.

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Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Reviewed on Apr 9, 2007

A group of soldiers are resigned to their deaths at Iwo Jima, but why should we care? Who are we rooting for? I don’t care about what happens because none of the characters are well-developed. What makes other ensemble pieces like Saving Private Ryan and even Love, Actually work is…

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A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Reviewed on Apr 7, 2007

A truly impressive cast, seems like every scene has a famous face in it. Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Gene Hackman, Robert Redford, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Richard Attenborough, Maximilian Schell, Ryan O’Neal, Denholm Elliott, James Caan, Liv Ullmann, Elliott Gould. Granted, the list is a lot more impressive now that…

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