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One Sentence About Every Movie I Watched in 1998

I’m pretty sure this list is from 1998. The original list was hand written by me in an old notebook I kept. There are plenty of films from 1997 and 1998 and no films from 1999 on the list, so … Continue reading

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Movies 2010 #12 Exit Through the Gift Shop

After watching this, I’m not sure if we’ve won or lost. I mean, by most measures the careers of just Banksy and Shepard Fairey alone are enough to signal that street art has “made it,” so at some level we’ve … Continue reading

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Movies 2010 #11 Rashomon

I find it hard to believe I’ve never written about Rashomon, but I’ve been through my archives and I’ve never fully written it up for public consumption. Again, hard to believe. I better put my serious hat on for this … Continue reading

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Movies 2010 #10 The Ghost Writer

The Ghost Writer is a perfect test my stated ability to separate the personal from the professional when it comes to the arts. Not being a big fan of fugitive rapists clearly I’m not enamored of Roman Polanski, the person. … Continue reading

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Movies 2010 #9 Drag Me To Hell

Drag Me to Hell is like watching Sam Raimi puke out the megaplex cooties he gained by working on the Spider-Man movies. It’s not a classic on the level of Evil Dead II or Army of Darkness but it’s got … Continue reading

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