ELIZABETH & ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Great acting on a strong pair of scripts. LE VENDEUR – For a man who is, professionally, everyone’s friend, Marcel Lévesque (Sicotte) is an extremely lonely man, but he doesn’t have the slightest idea what he’s missing. He lives for his job, and for those small moments with [...]
Read more →BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER – “Hang up that chick habit…” This is a great parody of that right wing Christian favorite – the de-gaying boot camps. Megan (Natasha Lyonne) plays a cheerleader who’s the last to know she’s gay. She’s dating the football player, and she just happens to think about her cheerleading pals when [...]
Read more →BLUE VALENTINE (Carlton) – Hey, it’s Valentine’s Day, and this movie hase “Valentine” right in the name! Perfect! I’d heard all the stories about how depressing and horrible this film is, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that people need to see more movies if they think that this [...]
Read more →IN BRUGES (Netflix) – An Irish Greek Tragedy set in Belgium. Colin Ferrell was the fucking new guy in the assassination game, and he screwed up. Badly. Now he’s hiding out in Bruges, Belgium, in what he sees as Purgatory. Things go badly. A fantastic film. Thank you, Netflix automated suggestion. WENDY AND LUCY (iTunes) [...]
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