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C: 299,792 Kilometers per Second
“We have the knowledge and the means, all we lack is the will.” Today’s movie is C: 299,792 Kilometers per Second, a crowd-funded, independent sci-fi short that is noteworthy for eschewing any modern...
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The Fifth Element
“I told you. Perfect.” Today’s Saturday Replay is one of my absolute favorite movies, The Fifth Element. The film is a superb adventure, a clever comedy, and a fascinating look at human condition, set...
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Whores’ Glory
“When it’s over, it’s over.” So I’ve decided to make this week something of a “theme week” and watch a documentary every day. Just to keep things interesting. I figured I was off to a good start with...
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Kevin
My muse is awake and I’m thankful ’cause it’s been a long time. Documentary Week rolls along with today’s movie, Kevin, a 35 minute short and the first documentary from emerging filmmaker, Jay Duplass....
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The Parking Lot Movie
“It taught me how to be a human being.” For today’s Saturday replay I decided to re-visit a documentary that really surprised me with its quality when I first watched it a couple years ago. It’s an...
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Quiz Show
“It’s not like we’re hardened criminals here. We’re in show business.” Today’s movie is Quiz Show, the 1994 dramatization of the quiz show scandals of the 1950′s, directed by Robert Redford. I vaguely...
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
“Nothing happens unless first we dream.” Today’s movie is one that’s intrigued me since I first saw the trailer quite some time ago. It’s the type of movie that I immediately suspected that I would...
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Noreen
“Don’t discount any possiblities offhand.” As I seem to mention every time I watch one, I’m not a big fan of dark comedies. However, I’m starting to think that they’re a genre particularly well suited...
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Bad Teacher
“This is very, very bad, Elizabeth.” Cameron Diaz portrays what might be the least likable protagonist in movie history in today’s movie, Bad Teacher. Her character, Elizabeth Halsey, is a pot-smoking...
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The Mask of Zorro
“It isn’t just one man, damn it. It’s ZORRO!” I’d considered doing away with Saturday Replay as a “thing”, and using the just passed Potter Week+ as a demarcation point, (since I’d seen all eight of...
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The Decelerators
“…that one perfectly happy moment.” We now interrupt our indeterminate hiatus to actually discuss a film: The Decelerators by Mark Slutsky. Lest anyone get too excited about my return to blogging, it’s...
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