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Risky Business (1983)

Reviewed on Oct 21, 2006

Pretty risque (yuk) for an early 80’s high school movie. Perhaps the R rating shows that the movie was probably not made for high school kids. Some dark themes, and it’s even darkly shot. That’s an early 80’s thing, even for comedies. This was the high school movie before John…

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Casshern (2004)

Reviewed on Oct 21, 2006

A two hour long, dream-like music video. Visually stunning, incredibly boring.

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A History of Violence (2005)

Reviewed on Oct 16, 2006

Story’s not bad, if not a bit slow. The dialogue is a bit stunted. Kind of an odd ending. Bello is slutty and hot. Some wonderful sex scenes.

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The Departed (2006)

Reviewed on Oct 16, 2006

Gangsters with cell phones, but the rest is vintage Scorsese. Nice twists and lots of exploding heads. The all-star cast dazzles. Farmiga is stunning, but she’s got crazy eyes in this one and it looks like she’s on drugs.

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Fantastic Four (2005)

Reviewed on Oct 11, 2006

Some nice effects, but not much drama. Needed to be a bit darker, and it needed another star (besides Alba).

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Jarhead (2005)

Reviewed on Oct 11, 2006

Some beautiful shots, and Gyllenhall is engaging. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have many redeeming qualities and that doesn’t give us any reason to care about his story.

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Lorenzo’s Oil (1992)

Reviewed on Oct 11, 2006

A nice departure for Miller. Touching story, and a very cool real-life montage at the end. Sarandon’s pretty good. Nolte’s not bad, either, although his accent intermittently disappears. Where did they find those kids?

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Jingle All the Way (1996)

Reviewed on Sep 28, 2006

Pretty horrible. Arnold should be ashamed. He could have at least tried to make it funny with some muscle comedy or something…

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Paper Clips (2004)

Reviewed on Sep 27, 2006

Really took me by surprise. I’d heard the story on the news, but didn’t think much of it. But seeing young, non-Jewish, country bumpkins in the middle of nowhere getting emotional about the Holocaust really tugs the heartstrings.

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