Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Jackie Chan Wrap-Up

This marathon started on February 22nd with Around the World in 80 Days. In truth I thought it’d last a month, 6 weeks tops. Then I kept deciding to add more films to the list. Then I decided to wait … Continue reading

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Drunken Master 2 (Review)

It took a hell of a lot longer than I initially anticipated but here we are at the end of the Jackie Chan movie marathon. It hasn’t all been plain sailing, I had obviously brainwashed myself into remembering Rob B … Continue reading

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The Prince of Persia – The Sands of Time (Review)

About once every three months I take a deep breath and go to imdb and rottentomatoes, heading straight to their “upcoming films” tabs. Once there I look to the see what the next couple months might hold, then I divvy … Continue reading

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Batman Begins (Review)

By now you either know that Batman Begins rocks and basically redefined the comic book film genre as we know it, or you don’t watch movies. So rather than piss around for 1,000 words rehashing the story I’ll cut to … Continue reading

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2009 (Review)

Lizbeth had a particularly tough childhood. Issues with her parents have seen her spend time in custody, and have resulted in her every move requiring approval from authority figures. Years of having been let down and possibly taken advantage of … Continue reading

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Inception (Review)

If nothing else it must be inarguable that Christopher Nolan is at least the bravest director in big-budget Hollywood today. Check his resume: Insomnia – A solid film that was perhaps the last really good thing Pacino has done and … Continue reading

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Event Horizon (Review)

Event Horizon is at once frustrating and effective, the frustration comes in revisiting the film and realizing that while there is much to admire, there could actually be so much more. The effectiveness comes from the lengthy build up and … Continue reading

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The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (Review)

The Prophecy rocked, the second was an unexpected quality follow up, so what’s wrong with The Prophecy 3: The Ascent? Well nothing really, but there is so little new stuff that it comes across as a pale facsimile of the … Continue reading

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Get him to the Greek (Review)

It took a while but I eventually got around to watching this. (Thanks Hoyts discount offer!) Russell Brand was hardly the best thing about Forgetting Sarah Marshall a couple years ago, that film is a little underrated and had several … Continue reading

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Brother (Review)

The director of this film is Takeshi Kitano, the star is Beat Takeshi… or vice-versa. But they are both the same guy, he acts under one name and directs under the other for some reason. I could care less what he calls … Continue reading

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