Apr

29

Well, I Did It…

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April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I actually rented “Cloverfield” despite the negative hype I have read.  Not taking my usual “let’s read EVERYTHING about the movie on IMDB before watching it” I have to say I didn’t hate it at all.  Granted, I am glad I watched it at home, for I could see myself succumbing to extreme motion sickness in […]

Apr

16

“Cube” Cubed

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April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments

I recently had the combined pleasure/horror of viewing “Cube” (1997), “Cube 2: Hypercube” (2002) and “Cube Zero” (2004) on DVD (however, not in that order….I saw “Cube Zero” before “Cube 2″.)  I had wanted to see Cube for years, and actually was unaware that there were sequels/prequels.
While “Cube” was written/directed by Vincenzo Natali, he had […]

Apr

12

Here Come the Water Works!

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April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 **NOTE:  Here (may) be spoilers!!
So, I am sitting here, watching Ice Castles (1978) for the, oh, four-hundred-thousandth-time since I fell in love with the film at the age of (incoherent mumble) and, as is always the case, as soon as the introductory notes of the final version of “Through the Eyes of Love” begins toward the […]

Apr

4

Opening This Weekend…April 4, 2008

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April 4, 2008 | 5 Comments

Leatherheads - starring and directed by the overrated George Clooney.  With Rene Zellweger and John Krasinski.  Set in 1925, Clooney plays an aging football player who, with his prodigy, vie for the love of journalist Zellweger in a slapstick-type comedy.  I’m sorry, but I am the biggest football fan around, and football and slapstick don’t belong […]