Category Archives: Movies

There’s Your Problem

Posted on March 13, 2013 by dedc79

Suffice it to say that if a government has something called a “Censorship Bureau”, it’s probably not up to anything good:  Egyptian authorities have failed to issue a permit to screen a historical documentary about the country’s Jewish community, the … Continue reading →

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What Might Have Been?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by dedc79

Jack Kerouac once asked Marlon Brando to make On the Road into a movie: Kerouac was susceptible to film—a sucker for its promise of riches as well as its flickering poetry—and he imagined an iconic adaptation of On the Road. Not … Continue reading →

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In the Meantime

Posted on January 31, 2013 by dedc79

Not sure how much we’re going to get posted today, so in the meantime, here are some things you should be reading: The New Republic’s Walter Kirn writes about the divide between those who own guns and those who don’t. … Continue reading →

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*Batteries Not Included

Posted on December 19, 2012 by dedc79

Do you remember the first movie that you hated?  As little kids, most of us probably weren’t all that discriminating in what we’d watch on tv or in the movie theater, I know I wasn’t.  When we were all under … Continue reading →

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Oh, God!

Posted on October 22, 2012 by dedc79

ATO Records has announced the release of a John Denver tribute album.  It’s been over 15 years since Denver passed away, and over 40 years since his song “Rocky Mountain High” hit the airwaves.  Here’s the tracklist for the album … Continue reading →

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“Originality cannot be economically modeled”

Posted on September 11, 2012 by dedc79

Be sure to read Aleksandar Hemon’s profile of Lana (formerly Larry) and Andy Wachoski and the making of their new film, Cloud Atlas, in The New Yorker: On the way to [Tom Hanks'] office in Santa Monica, the siblings received a phone call  from … Continue reading →

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Maybe Just Stay In

Posted on August 28, 2012 by reflectionephemeral

Fun review of Dinesh D’Souza’s “2016: Obama’s America” from Alan Scherstuhl: The movie of choice this week for people who hold the beliefs that A) America is the strongest, best-est country that God ever virgin-birthed and B) that that nation somehow … Continue reading →

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Posted on August 21, 2012 by dedc79

Go see it.  It reminded me of a few truisms regarding what makes a good film: if you want viewers to truly appreciate and surrender to a story, consider using unknown actors who don’t bring the baggage of past films … Continue reading →

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Look On My Works

Posted on June 22, 2012 by reflectionephemeral

Woody Allen takes the long view on the merits of his oeuvre: Allen in person is nothing like the nebbishy mess of phobias and insecurities he has been impersonating, on stage and screen, for half a century, dating back to his … Continue reading →

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Two Strange Things That Go Great Together

Posted on May 15, 2012 by reflectionephemeral

We’ve written a decent amount about Grover Norquist and about the Atlas Shrugged movie. Today in the Post, we find that they’re making an Atlas Shrugged II (a searing indictment of capitalism; why waste the resources, when the first one … Continue reading →

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Slapshot Part Deux

Posted on May 3, 2012 by dedc79

In discussions of the greatest sports movies of all time, all too often, a certain spectacular comedy gets ignored.  The film I have in mind is Slap Shot and if you haven’t seen it, you’re missing out.  It looks like … Continue reading →

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Modern All-Star Comedy

Posted on May 1, 2012 by nickgb

Details are few, but tell me you aren’t excited at this prospect: After several weeks of courting, “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson has agreed to play herself in “End of the World,” an apocalyptic comedy from Mandate Pictures and Point … Continue reading →

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I assume the doll has removable leg hair

Posted on April 11, 2012 by nickgb

I just don’t know what to think about Katniss Barbie. On the one hand, it’s disgusting that they take a badass like Katniss and turn her into a pretty doll (she most certainly is neither of those things). On the … Continue reading →

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Actually, Billy Idol stole HIS look

Posted on April 10, 2012 by nickgb

Since I haven’t nerded this blog up in a while, and as DE is off trying to burn effigies of Senators (hockey, not pork barrel), and someone else is probably still in a non-extradition honeymoon location… I’ve been trying to … Continue reading →

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Sherlock vs. Sherlock Holmes

Posted on March 15, 2012 by dedc79

As someone who has read each and every Sherlock Holmes story written by Arthur Conan Doyle (even the lousy one written from Holmes’ perspective), I was more than disappointed to watch the recent film adaptation starring Robert Downey Jr.   I … Continue reading →

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Movie break!

Posted on March 12, 2012 by nickgb

I’m still playing hooky from real blogging today, but I did take half an hour to check out the new trailers at apple.com. They always have some really interesting indie flicks, along with the blockbusters. Here’s the few that I … Continue reading →

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Joel Murray’s best work since Baby Blues

Posted on February 16, 2012 by nickgb

I’ve never had much of an opinion of Bobcat Goldthwait. That has now changed, for the better: Damn, I’m definitely seeing this in the theater.

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Movies I didn’t expect to be watching in 2012

Posted on January 31, 2012 by dedc79

A black and white silent film about . . . a time when films were silent and in black and white.  Saw The Artist at the Paris theater in NYC on Saturday and it was very entertaining.  Between The Artist, … Continue reading →

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