January 2011
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2011 Resolutions
2011 brings a new year and like every new year, I need to make some resolutions.  But first, let’s look back at 2010’s resolutions and see where I succeeded and failed. 2010 New Years Resolutions 1.  Watch 250 New Films = FAIL.  2010 turned out to be crazier than I thought it would be, but in a good way.  Unfortunately I was not able to watch a movie every other night.  But I...
Jan 1st
December 2010
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100/250: The Other Guys
You either have crazy, absurd comedies like Anchorman or you have your standard narrative comedies.  When you mix the two together you get a film like The Other Guys.  It’s not unwatchable but it’s not completely enjoyable as it tries to find its voice.  While there are numerous situations that are hilarious in nature, the execution of these scenes as well as the “best...
Dec 31st
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99/250: Cry_Wolf
I was told to revisit this film (even though I never saw it) and I’m glad I did.  When Cry_Wolf came out, it was written off as a lame post-Scream/I Know What You Did Last Summer teen slasher flick and in many ways it is, but it’s also more.  Not only does it have one hell of a storyline, plot, twist, and motifs, but it’s shot really really well.  It’s too bad nothing has...
Dec 29th
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98/250: The Fighter
Dec 26th
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97/250: The Social Network
I said The Fighter wasn’t as great as the talent involved.  Enter The Social Network.  This is the New York Yankees of movies but unlike the Bronx Bombers, it won the World Series.  Fincher, Sorkin, Reznor, Garfield, Timberlake, and, of course, Eisenberg, all come together and do what they do best.  The result is one of the coolest movies ever.  The story is incredible, the photography is...
Dec 24th
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96/250: The Town
Dec 20th
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95/250: Altitude
Dec 20th
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94/250: Exit through the Gift Shop
Dec 16th
Five Reasons Why The Departed Kind of Sucked
PROLOUGE TO THE PROLOGUE This essay/blog/tearing-the-movie-to-shreds was posted almost three years ago my Myspace blog.  Well it still holds up and I’m proud of it.  So watch the Departed, check it out and see if you can refute my claims. PROLOUGE So this is the deal.  I like this movie.  I thought it was a good movie.  But that’s exactly the problem.  I thought it was a GOOD...
Dec 5th