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Tag Archives: film
Is The New Tarzan Movie Racist?
_____ The Harry Potter director, David Yates, has a Tarzan film coming out July 1st, and I’m guessing I’ll see it, but I’m also thinking about race with regard to it: why is Tarzan always white? The recently departed Muhammad … Continue reading
The James Randi Documentary
An Honest Liar will be screened at the Tribeca Film Festival 2014 in April. When it goes into wider distribution, I definitely want to see the whole film, but for now here’s a taste:
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Tagged atheism, critical thinking, documentary, film, James Randi, magic
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Genocide Without Reflection: The Noah Movie Is Horrible
I saw the Noah movie. It’s bad. Really, really bad. It’s such a comedown from director Darren Aronovsky’s previous film, The Black Swan, which was really, really good. Where to start with Noah? How about with the gender stereotyping and racism? The … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, creationism, evolution, film, genocide, God, movies, Noah
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The Best Moment at the Academy Awards Last Night
At The Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan describes it: The poised but emotional Lupita Nyong’o [of Twelve Years a Slave], the supporting actress winner with her first major role, was clearly transported by her victory but not so much that she didn’t … Continue reading
Sandra Bullock As Odysseus: The Film “Gravity” Is Insanely Good
I saw Gravity, and plan to see it again before it leaves theatres. But it’s not a perfect movie. With its inane exchange of banter between the ground crew and astronauts at the beginning of the film, it gets off … Continue reading
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Tagged death, existentialism, film, gravity, life, movies, Sandra Bullock, space
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A Film Worth Seeing?
Blue is the Warmest Color, a lesbian coming-of-age film, is three hours long, but Richard Corliss of Time calls it unmissable.
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Tagged art, civil rights, film, gay rights, lesbian, women's rights
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A 21st Century Carrie
The new Carrie remake looks worth seeing: _________ And below is the original 1976 trailer for Carrie. Carrie the book was Stephen King’s first novel and Carrie the movie gave John Travolta his first screen role. The film’s power lies … Continue reading
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Tagged carrie, film, Halloween, horror, justice, movies, revenge
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Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” with Cate Blanchett in a Blanche DuBois Echoing Role
Woody Allen continues his staggering productivity as a writer and director. His latest film, Blue Jasmine, is getting rave reviews, such as this from David Denby at The New Yorker: Woody Allen, in his startling new movie, “Blue Jasmine,” has adopted … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, economy, film, life, literature, movies, rich and poor, tragedy, woody allen
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The Ghost Army Trailer
This documentary, soon to be aired on PBS, looks really good. 1000 people–some of whom would go on to have careers in art, fashion, and design–were commissioned to do a head-fake on the Nazis late in World War II, simulating … Continue reading
A Film That Appears To Be Worth Seeing
This looks good and has gotten a lot of recent attention and critical acclaim. It has also generated controversy. It opens in New York and Los Angeles May 24, 2013. Directed by Rasha Burshtein, an Orthodox Jewish woman who lives … Continue reading
This Looks Worth Seeing
The Tree of Life director has a new film. Here’s the trailer.
Amour is “a Masterpiece”
The hard-to-please movie reviewer at The New Republic, David Thomson, calls Amour the best movie of the year. Here’s Thomson: Readers may say, “Well, you don’t like many films,” and they’d be right. I thought Prometheus was a catastrophe, Argo overrated, Anna Karenina risible, The Deep Blue Sea regrettable. … Continue reading
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Probably Worth Seeing
A documentary just released on DVD: __________ It puts one in mind of this:
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Tagged death, documentary, film, life, loniliness, movies, the city
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This Looks (Almost) Worth Seeing
The trailer has me on the fence, but intrigued.
Cloud Atlas: a Paradox, a Deepity, or an Oxymoron?
The buzz around Cloud Atlas is pretty intense (it received a ten minute standing ovation at a recent film festival screening), and here are the film’s three directors–three!–doing a promo: __________ I’m certainly curious to see the film, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cloud atlas, existentialism, film, hype, movies, ripe
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A New Documentary Tracks the Life of a Vatican Approved Exorcist
The documentary is titled, The Exorcist in the 21st Century, and was done by a Norwegian filmmaker. Here’s the trailer.
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Tagged atheism, Catholicism, demons, documentaries, documentary, exorcism, faith, film, God, Jesus
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A Science Fiction World That Runs on Grease
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Tagged aliens, beastie boys, film, grease, mash up, oil, science fiction, sexy
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