Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Spectre (2015)
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I've had mixed feelings about the post-reboot James Bond series, just as I've had mixed feelings about the series as a whole . Casin...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Room (2015)
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I was in no hurry to see this, not because I'd heard it was disturbing, but because the very marketing turned me off. That title? The po...
The Martian (2015)
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Thanks to my vacation and time catching up on other things, I have a lot of movies to review. For once, I won't review them in the order...
Saturday, February 6, 2016
The Love Parade (1929)
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I was a little surprised at my past self for selecting another early Maurice Chevalier musical, after I'd found Love Me Tonight forgett...
Friday, February 5, 2016
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
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Never before had I been half so surprised at an Academy Best Picture nomination. I hadn't seen this one yet, but I had seen Mad Max 2: T...
Monday, February 1, 2016
Quest for Fire (1981)
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I chose this streaming flick next mainly for the 100 minutes it runs, since I was killing time. In retrospect, it has just enough in common ...
The Revenant (2015)
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When I realized that I had seen only two of the Academy Best Picture nominees for the year, I got a little antsy. It's been ages sin...
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Our Man in Havana (1959)
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My prior experience of director Carol Reed , while pretty good, did not whet my appetite for more. But when I saw that he got back together ...
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Man Hunt (1941)
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My streaming list appears to be dominated by dramas, recent releases, and foreign films, none of which I particularly wanted in the immediat...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Incendies (2010)
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Ever watch a movie simply because it's on IMDb' top 250? I have many times, with mixed results. In all likelihood, I would not have ...
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