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300 (2006)

Reviewed on Mar 11, 2007

Definitely a visual accomplishment, with some very nice visual effects, but some story and character problems. A lot of comical (literally) liberties were taken, and faithfulness to the original comic may explain some of the movie’s other deficiencies. The characters are boring. Aside from Spartan pride, the don’t have any…

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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)

Reviewed on Mar 9, 2007

Tons of footage. Some great angles, even better editing. Quite possibly the greatest effort ever for a film about the Olympics. Amazingly neutral for a film from propagandistic Nazi Germany.

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Battle of Britain (1969)

Reviewed on Mar 7, 2007

A historic battle, but I don’t care much about it since none of the characters are particularly interesting. The Longest Day had much better characters and a much better build. A few nice aerial shots, but a lot of bad ones, too.

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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Reviewed on Mar 2, 2007

Entertaining, but seemed a bit sterile somehow, perhaps because Ratner and not Singer directed this one. Pretty gutsy killing off some of the major characters. Was The Last Stand really The Last Sequel? Lots of nice effects. Jean Grey as Phoenix was awesome. Her eye and face effects were very…

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Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

Reviewed on Feb 22, 2007

Openly and refreshingly sexual. No punches are pulled. The translated tagline says it all: “Life has its way of teaching us. Life has its way of confusing us. Life has its way of changing us. Life has its way of astonishing us. Life has its way of hurting us. Life…

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District B13 (2004)

Reviewed on Feb 18, 2007

Belle and Rafaelli have some fucking sweet moves. Good chemistry between them. Very French. Cursed with goofy acting from no-name actors (are these people rally famous in France?), wannabe coolness, and cheesy synthesized score of modern French cinema.

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African American Lives (2006–2008)

Reviewed on Feb 13, 2007

Good stuff. Well-written and well-made. Gates is friendly, informative, and well-spoken. Pretty impressive group of people coming together for this thing. Oprah’s pretty amazing.

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World Trade Center (2006)

Reviewed on Feb 8, 2007

Quality filmmaking by Stone. Emotional, yes, but I felt it was lacking a story. Perhaps the emotion was amplified by the freshness of the subject matter. Who was #20?

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The Brown Bunny (2003)

Reviewed on Feb 8, 2007

Does this movie have any qualities? Monumentally boring. Who is this Gallo guy? He’s just not interesting or entertaining enough to just watch. I think he just wanted to get his dick in a film.

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