Category: movies
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Mini-review: A Good Woman, starring Helen Hunt
I was in the mood for a romantic comedy, something to make me giggle and at the same time to make me feel. What I […]
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A Writers’ Rant by Harlan Ellison
Thanks to C. E. Dorsett for putting me onto this YouTube video, a rant about how professional writers deserve to be paid. Hee! I so […]
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March of the Penguins… Again
The Discovery Channel has been advertising the “Oscar winning” film The March of the Penguins. The documentary has also won numerous other awards… Proof, by […]
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I’m Reed Fish Top-10 Review
(I originally posted this review of I’m Reed Fish at Gilmore-ism.com.) Alexis Bledel’s latest film I’m Reed Fish, also starring Jay Baruchel as the title […]
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Kickin It Old Skool Bottom-10 Review
I rented Kickin It Old Skool, because it co-stars Aris Alvarado of Gilmore Girls fame, and I’m a huge Gilmore Girls fan. But I clearly […]
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The Lake House Top-10 Review
The Lake House is definitely one of my all-time favorite movies. It’s marketed as a romance, but if I could make up any genre in […]
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Featured at Carnival of Cinema XIII
Well, not so much “featured” as “listed first,” which is a form of being featured. My recent post “If You Think Sylvia Plath Was Crazy, […]
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If You Think Sylvia Plath Was Crazy, Think Again
If you’ve seen the movie Sylvia and you still don’t understand it, this may help. And if you haven’t seen the movie Sylvia, this will […]
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Spotlight: The Notebook (the movie) (Review)
Review of The Notebook, directed by Nick Cassavetes, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. An elderly woman (Gena Rowlands) stands, looking out of the […]
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Spotlight: Smilla’s Sense of Snow (the movie) (Review)
A review of Smilla’s Sense of Snow, the movie. I first encountered this underappreciated sci-fi mystery flick when Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave it […]
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