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I’ve praised the film Certified Copy before. I believe that writer/director Abbas Kiarostami made a brilliant meditation on how we develop relationships. It’s beautiful, it’s sharply written, and the leading performances from Juliette Binoche and William Shimell are extraordinary. This week, Certified Copy finally came out on DVD and Blu-ray. The gray cover of...
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Danny sees something on the wing. It’s not a gremlin and we haven’t entered The Twilight Zone. Just because no one else notices the strange lights outside the plane doesn’t mean they’re not really there. More accurately, Danny sees some unidentified object flying right at the late night plane he’s riding on. It disappears...
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Women in peril stories have been on the rise in Hollywood. The problem is that the creators aren’t really doing anything new with the concept. I didn’t hate Sucker Punch, but that was cookie cutter beyond the fantasy visuals for this kind of story. Death Proof subverted the genre by slavishly sticking to its...
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Maniac is one of those slashers that people either love or hate. It’s as polarizing as it is under seen. The entire point of the story is to follow a serial killer around as he does his thing in NYC. He finds a girl, kills her, and takes her scalp as a trophy. That’s...
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot is a series of interactive posts over at The Film Experience. Nathaniel chooses a film that everyone is invited to watch and choose one image to discuss on their own blog. The Exorcists posts should make for some interesting reading. Here’s my deep dark horror secret: I don’t...
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It’s so hard to retell a story that has been told so many times before. In the case of Pariah, it’s almost unfair to say that it’s just a coming out story. Yet describing it as a coming of age story where a bright teenage girl begins to explore her real identity despite the...
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Is this what Joss Whedon is like when he gets to control everything on his productions? If so, I love this side of him. The Avengers could have easily been a catastrophe. Instead, under his steady hand, it might actually be the superhero movie that plays the most like a living comic book. Loki...
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot is a series of posts over at The Film Experience. Nathaniel programs a series of films to watch each week and choose your favorite still from. This week centers on Pariah and should really bring about a lot of discussion. Back when I made my Top 10 Films...
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Recently, I had the opportunity to watch Alien with a group of people for the first time. I was really getting into the pacing and style of Ridley Scott’s approach when someone started started talking about the lack of music. It seemed like an odd complaint to me until I started to think about...
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Take a Hike is a short comedy film with heart. Writer/director Mark Blitch’s story isn’t revolutionary. It’s not intended to be, either. The goal is exploring the relationship between a young man and his girlfriend’s father with a little humor and lot of character. Mark Blitch teams up again with actors Taylor Brandt and...
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