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Movies #63 Girl With a Pearl Earring

Girl With a Pearl Earring. Scarlett Johansson sure is perty. All in all a fascinating film. Amazing, painterly lighting, some nice, subdued performances, a great look at the art and science of being a painter back in the day and … Continue reading

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Movies #62 Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass. Yeah, Annakin Suckwalker is the star of this film. He’s only marginally better than he is in the prequels. Other than that handicap, this film was pretty good. Watching Glass’ life fall apart was perversely fun. Just for … Continue reading

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Movies #61 Picnic at Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock – Criterion Collection: Freaky, in a nondescript way. A great, thought-provoking film. I was never sure what I was “supposed” to be feeling at any given moment. Highly recommended.

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Movies #60 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Absolutely the best in the series. The other two I enjoyed simply because they were there and they were reasonably faithful. This was just plain fun. Paced like a freight train, funny, well … Continue reading

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Movies #58 and #59 Jurassic Park III, Big Fish

Jurassic Park III: A definite improvement over the occasionally groan-inducing second film. Of course, I watched the second film four times or something so I really shouldn’t talk… If they made nineteen of these I’d see every one. Gimme more … Continue reading

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