Archive for December, 2009

December Shorts

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Here are the movies I saw in the last 2 weeks. I don’t have energy to write longer reviews right now, so here are the short versions. The Taking of Pelham 123 – This movie gives you what you came for which is Denzel Washington and John Travolta matching wits. I probably won’t watch it [...]

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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I watched Benjamin Button last week. In fact, I watched it twice. The first time I saw it, I thought it was a 5/5 rated movie but I don’t like to be sure with my “5″ ratings so I had to watch it again to be sure. My main hesitation with giving it a 5 [...]

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Terminator Salvation

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Here is another movie, like G.I. Joe, that I read many negative reviews about and decided to wait until DVD to watch it (downloaded it from iTunes actually). Unlike G.I. Joe, I enjoyed Terminator Salvation. Now, here is the thing, the first two Terminator movies are absolutely sci-fi classics. They are once in a decade [...]

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Shorts

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Movies I’ve watched over the past few weeks but don’t want to write long reviews: Back to the Future II – This one didn’t age as well as the first one, but it was still fun 3.5 / 5 stars. What’s Up Doc – Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal in a screwball comedy about burning down [...]

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Last week I saw Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. I read a lot about this one before seeing it… The long feature in the New Yorker on Wes Anderson, the interview with Wes Anderson on NPR’s Fresh Air. I read a ton of reviews on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes (who’s reviewers gave it a 92% [...]

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