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Airport (1970)

Reviewed on Mar 11, 2012

A lot of films from this period of American history showcased technology newly made available to the public and expressed a certain confidence in adopting it. Technical dialogue and rigid protocol were integral elements of the plot. In this case, the new technology was commercial air travel. The interwoven stories…

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All That Heaven Allows (1955)

Reviewed on Mar 9, 2012

A flat story about morals rather than one with drama and interesting characters. Hudson, in particular, was a bit dull. By the musical crescendo at the end, I wasn’t feeling much.

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Robin Hood (2010)

Reviewed on Mar 8, 2012

Decent but unremarkable story, performances, and action. Ridley Scott is good at making mediocre epic movies. Mark Strong’s pretty cool.

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Project X (2012)

Reviewed on Mar 5, 2012

Nothing to it. When a movie reduces itself to a midget punching other people in the balls, it’s hopeless. The only thing I know for sure is that I wanted to punch Oliver Cooper in the face and that Alexis Knapp is good-looking. Was Thomas really on drugs? Looked like…

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X-Men: First Class (2011)

Reviewed on Feb 27, 2012

Pretty faithful to the series. Lots of great effects. Love the cameos by Jackman and Romijn.

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Immortals (2011)

Reviewed on Feb 26, 2012

A mix of Clash of the Titans and 300. Pinto is hauntingly beautiful.

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Hugo (2011)

Reviewed on Feb 26, 2012

An homage to early cinema, and a nice rendition of 1930’s Paris, but for what? It’s more a slice of life than a story worth telling. Nice effects and lots of gliding camerawork, but there’s just not much to it. Why do they have English accents? This isn’t Dickens. Quite…

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Single White Female (1992)

Reviewed on Feb 19, 2012

Good story, classically spooky. I could see this as a remake of a Hitchcockian 50’s horror. Leigh is good at playing evil.

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Stir Crazy (1980)

Reviewed on Feb 19, 2012

Perhaps funny for its time, but it doesn’t hold up. Slow and silly. Wilder always has a nice delivery. Was Pryor comfortable in front of the camera? He’s always got that deer-in-the-headlights look. Neither of them are terribly funny. Minor characters and extras were all so horrible in the 70’s…

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