KILL BILL VOL 2 (DVD) – While the Pei Mei story is interesting, with the martial arts master archetype, it’s really only there to explain how how The Bride could punch through a coffin, it’s really not needed as part of this story. It’s a bit like the pregnancy test / assassination attempt story; long, [...]
Read more →BLACK SWAN (AMC) – Natalie Portman’s character really LIVES the part of the Swan Queen. It’s the sort of thing that gives you goose… or swan… bumps… After everything, I’m not sure who or what was real, and what was only in Nina’s head. I was entertaining a theory that Lilly was Nina’s version of [...]
Read more →SOCIAL NETWORK (AMC) – While I’m happy to hear emacs and wget get mentioned in a movie, and have geek talk that sounds like actual talk by actual geeks… I didn’t find the movie as good as I expected based on the amazing reviews people have been giving it. It was good, it was funny, [...]
Read more →TRUE GRIT (AMC) – I think that I could watch this film a couple more times, and I’ll definitely watch the John Wayne version as well where 24 hours previously I wouldn’t have thought about doing so. Westerns aren’t usually a big draw for me, but this one is written and acted so well. I [...]
Read more →It’s the penultimate day in Movie Month. I’ll have watched over 50 films in total, and most of them were in real theatres with popcorn for sale in the lobbies. I’m planning the sequel, which starts Tuesday with the final film in the Canada’s Top Ten series at TIFF Lightbox; SPLICE. NO IMPACT MAN (iTunes) [...]
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