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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Star Time

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In spite of its similarity to other recent musical biopics, Get On Up (2014, directed by Tate Taylor), a biography of James Brown, stands ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

You Know How To Whistle, Don't You?

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According to legend, To Have and Have Not (1944, directed by Howard Hawks) was made on a bet. Howard Hawks and Ernest Hemingway were hunti...
Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Dancing Among the Stars

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After I saw the film, I had a conversation with a friend of mine about Guardians of the Galaxy (2014, directed by James Gunn) that went so...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Endangered Species

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014, directed by Matt Reeves) is probably the best film in the franchise since the original item back in 1...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Beyond Human Ken

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The truth of the matter is this: I didn't particularly want to go see Lucy (2014, directed by Luc Besson). I'm not fond of Luc Bes...
Friday, July 25, 2014

Mere Anarchy

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I was in the wrong headspace for The Rover (2014, directed by David Michôd), a bleak, more naturalistic version of a Mad Max movie. The m...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Mystery Train

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When I first heard the premise of Snowpiercer (2014, directed by Bong Joon-ho), I thought it sounded ridiculous. I thought, actually, that...
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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Death on the Installment Plan

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It would be a mistake to think of Edge of Tomorrow (2014, directed by Doug Liman) as a mere rip-off of Groundhog Day filtered through Sta...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

A Death in the Family

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I'm at something of a disadvantage when it comes to writing about the British crime film, Honour (2014, directed by Shan Khan), because...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon Day 7

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And we're almost to the end. There's been a lot of fabulous writing this week. The blogathon will be open for business for a while,...
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Saturday, July 12, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon: How Green Was My Valley

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This is my principle entry into The John Ford Blogathon. I sometimes spill out my entire head when writing about my favorite films. I hope ...
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The John Ford Blogathon Day 6

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The air conditioning here at Stately Krell Laboratories had crapped out for the weekend, so your humble bloginatrix is going to be spending...
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Friday, July 11, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon Day 5

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We're entering the home stretch now. Hopefully the weekend will bring the fireworks. We start off again with Lee Price at 21 Essays, ...
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Thursday, July 10, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon Day 4

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We're rounding the bend today. I hope you've been reading along, because the quality of work being posted by everyone is outstandin...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon Day 3

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Day three of the blogathon sees your humble bloginatrix procrastinating her own entries, but fear not! I'll get a couple of somethings ...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon Day 2

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A quiet morning here at Stately Krell Labs, but we're just getting warmed up. We start off with another piece by the inestimable Lee ...
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Sunday, July 06, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon: Day 1

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Annnnd....we're off. Welcome to the John Ford Blogathon, in which folks from around the movie-o-sphere write about the great, the bad, ...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Prejudice and Pride

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I didn't grow up reading Jane Austen. The cult of Austen has always eluded me. I've often been sympathetic to Mark Twain's atti...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

The 1967 Blogathon: Dragon Inn

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This is my second entry in the 1967 Blogathon, hosted by Silver Screenings and The Rosebud Cinema . Pay them a visit over the weekend and ...
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Friday, June 20, 2014

The 1967 Blogathon: Branded to Kill

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This is my first entry in the 1967 Blogathon, hosted by Silver Screenings and The Rosebud Cinema . Pay them a visit over the weekend and c...
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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Once in a Blue Moon

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There's a full moon tonight. It's June 13th. A Friday. I'm told by social media that the next full moon to fall on a Friday the...
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Saturday, June 07, 2014

Night of the Living Hipsters

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Only Lovers Left Alive (2013, directed by Jim Jarmusch) is another in a long line of films that examine the problems of living as a vampir...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

White Elephant Blogathon 2014: The Return of the Killer Tomatoes

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I got lucky the first two years I did the White Elephant Blogathon. Last year, my luck ran out, and this year...well, let me just say that ...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

The Monster Who Would Be King

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There a few ways to watch the new version of Godzilla (2014, directed by Gareth Edwards). One way is to put it into context with other God...
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Better Angels

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Although it didn't invent the mid-franchise retcon for movies, X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, directed by Bryan Singer) does better...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Shrine to (of) a Lost Girl

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I decided to revisit Pandora's Box this morning. I've written about it before, so I won't rehash it. But I did want to share t...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Blogorama--1967 Edition

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Tis the season for blogathons. I'll be doing the 1967 blogathon next month. My films will be Seijun Suzuki's yakuza freak-out, Bran...
Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Announcing the John Ford Blogathon

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My friend, Anna, sent me a copy of the Ford at Fox box set on the condition that we run a John Ford Blogathon. Anna blogs over at Bemused ...
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Thursday, May 01, 2014

Alien Skin

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Under the Skin (2013, directed by Jonathan Glazer) is one of the most distressing horror movies I've seen in a good long while. It...
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Sunday, April 27, 2014

The Waters of Lethe

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Elena (2012, directed by Petra Costa) is an example of the widening scope of the documentary. It's a film that suggests that the word,...