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Don Jon Review (Without Having Seen It)

admin September 27, 2013

While it’s funnier to trash something (especially blindly), and good comedy should be nothing more than hate speech with pauses for laughter, I’m going to go against my better instincts and say the following: Don Jon could be a very good film. Is it because I think Joseph Gordon-Levitt is […]

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Reviewing The Family Without Having Seen It

admin September 12, 2013

When did Robert De Niro quit? Because he did. There came a time, at some point, where he thought to himself, “I’ve given the world Jake LaMotta, Vito Corleone, Rupert Pupkin, Travis Bickle: Now it’s time to collect paychecks and bang sweet, black ass. Where is the script for Fockers […]

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Reviewing Kick-Ass 2 Without Having Seen It

admin August 16, 2013

The original Kick-Ass was a movie that I expected nothing of and was moderately entertained by when I caught it on Netflix a few years after its release. As I recall, the story centered around a teenager trying to become a real-life superhero and allying himself with a preteen broad […]

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Reviewing Elysium Without Having Seen It

admin August 9, 2013

I’m going to make this short and sweet. One–I think Elysium is going to be good. Not great, but good. Its director, Neill Blomkamp, was the force behind District 9, a very engaging sci-fi film with sociopolitical (smart person word!) overtones. Elysium sounds exactly like D9 except, instead of becoming […]

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Reviewing The Wolverine Without Having Seen It

admin July 26, 2013

The logic behind comic book movies is rather insidious. People are drawn to the familiar, especially things that excited them as a kid. It’s why Joe Camel was so effective at sucking in smokers once they turned 18 and the reason your childhood affinity for playing in a ball pit […]

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Reviewing Pacific Rim Without Having Seen It

admin July 11, 2013

Pacific Rim is going to be a good movie. Maybe even great. But at least good. It’s that simple. Why? Because directors make a film, and Pacific Rim was directed by Guillermo del Toro, whose track record includes Blade II, Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy, all of which pass the “I […]