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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006–2007)
A well-researched, well-edited, resourceful collection of material which really opens your eyes about what happened when Katrina hit. Hopefully, we learn from this.
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Raising Arizona (1987)
Offbeat like their other movies, but not quite as funny or smart.
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Dark and interesting, with a nice story and good performances throughout. The musical interludes are funny enough to not be annoying. Wilder is great. I remember loving this as a kid. The effects are a bit dated at this point, but it’s still fun.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Fun. As usual, Downey’s delivers wonderful, witty dialogue with ease. Kilmer keeps up nicely. Monaghan is foxy.
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Secondhand Lions (2003)
Kinda dumb. Caine pulls off the accent, but Osment doesn’t pull off puberty.
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The Crush (1993)
Silverstone is seductive and cute. That upside-down smile is strangely appealing. But Elwes is stale and annoying. He looks and sounds like a child molester. His accent comes and goes. Boring story. Writing is crap.
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Camilla (1994)
Pretty awful. It’s about violin music, but not much else. Unfortunate that this was Tandy’s last movie.
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Sixteen Candles (1984)
The first of Hughes 80’s teen comedy run but made before he really hit his stride. Goofy 80’s cheese, not all that funny. Interesting to see the formation of Hughes mini-brat pack and Hughes living his teenage years through these kids. Ringwald’s cute, she’s got soul in her eyes. Schoeffling’s…
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White Noise (2005)
Surprised with how eerie this one was. An extension of the static screen from Poltergeist. I wonder if there were EVP fanatics before Poltergeist came out. Keaton is fun to watch. It’s always nice to see actors who normally play big shots humbled by something bigger and badder. Sax seems…
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I'm a photographer, web developer, travel enthusiast, and movie buff living in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.In the summer of 1993, I started writing reviews for every movie I saw and haven't looked back. I'm up to 2,388 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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