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Feast (2014)

Reviewed on Mar 6, 2015

Very cute. Made me hungry.

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Flightplan (2005)

Reviewed on Mar 5, 2015

A decent thriller. Hitchcockian in it’s simplicity. Foster’s always good. Some pretty extensive airplane sets.

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The plot’s a little slow and convoluted by today’s standards, but it’s easy to see how Bond really caught on. The violence, action, and scantily clad women were a fresh, risqué, appealing take on the spy movie. Scenes are nicely paced, dialogue is good, and the action and fight scenes…

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The Devil’s Brigade (1968)

Reviewed on Mar 4, 2015

Mediocre in just about every way. In World War II, it seems Canadians were basically Scots. Fight scenes used to be so goofy.

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Live and Let Die (1973)

Reviewed on Mar 3, 2015

Goofy but fun for its time. Moore was cool and had all the cheesy lines, but he’s not that great at action. Seymour’s an absolute knockout. She has a Linda Harrison as Nova sweetness/quietness/cuteness thing to her in this one. One of my favorite Bond girls.

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Tension at Table Rock (1956)

Reviewed on Mar 3, 2015

Richard Egan has a wonderfully nasal voice, but he is a completely boring hero in a completely boring movie.

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White House Down (2013)

Reviewed on Mar 2, 2015

Die Hard in the White House, basically. White tank top? Really? That said, the action isn’t bad. Tatum’s pretty good.

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12 Angry Men (1957)

Reviewed on Feb 22, 2015

Theatrical in its simplicity, intense character drama, and the single set. Gotta hand it to Lumet, it’s quality. Well-shot, with some impressively long takes. Great cast, great characters, great performances. Cobb had a George C. Scott quality to him. An all white male jury. I wonder if a multi-gender, multi-race…

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Rear Window (1954)

Reviewed on Feb 22, 2015

In an era of movies about the prim and proper, Hitchcock is never afraid to explore the dark and scandalous. This is also a class in the power of suggestion. A whole murder takes place, and we don’t see anything. Nicely shot, nicely paced. This is about as much as…

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Reviewed on Feb 21, 2015

A pretty good character piece. No surprise that Paul Thomas Anderson watched this film for inspiration before writing There Will Be Blood, as the psychological breakdowns are similar. Bogart definitely has a stoic presence about him. Walter Huston is good. Holt holds his own. A refreshingly exotic location for a…

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