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Quick Flick Round Up
It’s been forever since I posted any movie reviews. Here’s a quick recap of the pathetically small number of films (and TV series) I’ve watched throughout the past few months. Yes, it’s true, I finally...
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Movie Wrap Up: Up, Nim’s Island & Pirate Radio
There is nothing like a little major surgery to jump start your movie viewing. Last year was downright pathetic, especially for someone who lived and breathed movies for decades. Concentrating on other...
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Movie Wrap Up: More Catch Up
Away We Go (2009) John Krasinkski and Maya Rudolph are great together as an expectant couple traveling the country to find the perfect place to start their family. These two have a genuine warmth and...
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Movie Wrap Up: Continuing the Catch Up
Up in the Air (2009) This was a colossal disappointment. George Clooney stars as a consultant who flies around the country as a corporate hired gun, firing people by day and living out of his suitcase...
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More Movie Wrap Up
Recovery gives you a lot of time to watch movies. I’m still catching up from last time. It’s Complicated (2009) This has little to recommend it other than it’s fun to see three performers I enjoy,...
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Recommended: I, Fatty
Jerry Stahl (2004) You don’t have to be a fan of silent movies to appreciate this first-person account of the rise and fall of Fatty Arbuckle, one of Hollywood’s first super-stars. It’s hard to imagine...
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At the Movies
Feet First | 151 Alert the media, I saw a movie today. In the movie theater. On the big screen! I know, crazy. I caught a matinee of The King's Speech, which I very much enjoyed despite the jarring use...
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Block Cinema
Feet First | 171 Friday, 25 February I hadn’t been to a movie at the Block Gallery (on Northwestern’s campus) in years and then I ended up going twice in one weekend. First, I saw Wild River (1960), a...
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Quick Review: Red (2010)
There’s plenty of exploding things and gunfire to keep you awake and it’s fun to see the cast of veteran actors (I won’t call them senior citizens) as leads in this all-out action spy romp. Bruce...
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Review: The Hunger Games
So, I saw The Hunger Games. I saw it last week actually, but a vocal-immobilizing head cold has curtailed all extracurricular activities and I’m just now getting around to writing about it. Having sat...
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