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The Meaning of Life (1983)

Reviewed on Dec 26, 2012

Mostly silly, but a few funny moments.

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With offbeat humor, campy cinematic techniques, and ludicrous photographic symmetry, Anderson’s turns life into a satirical stage play. Raw, matter-of-fact emotion provides a lot of the comedy, and dysfunctional parents are once again a prominent theme. Anderson’s scenes and charaters are deconstructed and carefully reconstructed. All dialogue is spoken very…

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Alien³ (1992)

Reviewed on Dec 10, 2012

Nice continuation of story, and lots of character development. Weaver’s a good anchor, and all the Aussie roughnecks gives the movie a Mad Max feel. Fincher’s very good at building suspense, but the alien effects are suspect. I was even more let down by the fact that there was only…

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

Reviewed on Nov 28, 2012

Undoubtedly painful for anyone who lived through this. Beautifully shot, wonderfully paced. Daldry is quite a talent. Horn is extremely engaging and incredibly believable. But one beef with casting him in the role is that he doesn’t look like he’d be the son of Hanks and Bullock. He has an…

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Larry Crowne (2011)

Reviewed on Nov 27, 2012

A polished, star-studded, feel-good movie about nothing. Roberts has still got it.

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Lincoln (2012)

Reviewed on Nov 26, 2012

A noble movie about a noble man by a noble director. It’s the kind of movie we’re all supposed to like. And the audience showed their appreciation with a smattering of applause as the credits rolled. But I found it all incredibly boring. What we have is a seemingly accurate…

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K-9 (1989)

Reviewed on Nov 26, 2012

Animal humor isn’t enough to carry a movie. After the dog, we’re left with a thin story and weak actors. Belushi isn’t exceptionally funny or cool or tough, but I’m not sure if that’s his fault or the writing.

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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

Reviewed on Nov 25, 2012

Nice to see Reeve and Hackman again, but this is an awful movie. Story and performances are uninspired, and somehow, the effects in this latest movie are the worst in the series.

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Rising Sun (1993)

Reviewed on Nov 24, 2012

A hardly suspenseful who-dunnit with the flat photography and poor dialogue typical of 90’s movies.

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The Girl (2012)

Reviewed on Nov 24, 2012

Jones is good as Hitchcock, and Miller’s good as Tippi, but the story does nothing but paint Hitchcock as a manipulative, confused, horny old man. What’s the pleasure in that?

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