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Deep Focus Cinema: The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)
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A look at contemporary cinema. Wednesday, July 18, 2007. The Hills Have Eyes II (2007). Directed by: Martin Weisz. Written by: Wes Craven and Jonathan Craven. Starring: Michael McMillian, Jacob Vargas, Jessica Stroup. Color, 90 minutes. Thirty years ago, Wes Craven unleashed The Hills Have Eyes. It has become a modest cult classic, and it even inspired a sequel in 1985. I was never a fan of the films, but unfortunately, I don't get to make the decisions in. So why do I give it such a low grade? I'm picki...
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Deep Focus Cinema: May 2007
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A look at contemporary cinema. Sunday, May 27, 2007. Written and Directed by: Nick Cassavetes. Starring: Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Ben Foster, Anton Yelchin. Color, 117 minutes, Rated R. To making Denzel Washington look bad in John Q. To heightening every cheesy, weepy, overwrought moment in The Notebook. Is truly one of the worst films I have ever seen. Based on the true story of drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood, Alpha Dog. And Ryan Gosling in The Believer. All at once. It hurts. I've always bee...
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Deep Focus Cinema: Black Snake Moan (2007)
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A look at contemporary cinema. Friday, June 29, 2007. Black Snake Moan (2007). Written and Directed by: Craig Brewer. Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake. Color, 116 minutes. If a grown up, skanked out, half-naked Wednesday Addams chained to a radiator is your idea of a good time (you know who you are), then you're going to love Black Snake Moan. For the rest of us who aren't thirteen, Moan. While I could go on with my rant (why does Rae's behavior have to be justified with th...
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Deep Focus Cinema: Ratatouille
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A look at contemporary cinema. Monday, June 18, 2007. Directed by: Brad Bird. Written by: Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco, Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, Jan Pinkava. Featuring the voices of: Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Janeane Garofolo, and Peter O' Toole. Color, 110 minutes. Let's pretend for a moment, shall we. Imagine that I work for Pixar, and I have the task of pitching Ratatouille. To the studio chiefs. At the risk of sounding like an outtake from The Player. Out right, except that Ratatouille. Bird is the...
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Deep Focus Cinema: June 2007
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A look at contemporary cinema. Friday, June 29, 2007. Black Snake Moan (2007). Written and Directed by: Craig Brewer. Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake. Color, 116 minutes. If a grown up, skanked out, half-naked Wednesday Addams chained to a radiator is your idea of a good time (you know who you are), then you're going to love Black Snake Moan. For the rest of us who aren't thirteen, Moan. While I could go on with my rant (why does Rae's behavior have to be justified with th...
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Deep Focus Cinema: Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
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A look at contemporary cinema. Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Bridge to Terabithia (2007). Directed by: Gabor Csupo. Written by: Jeff Stockwell and David Patterson, based on the novel by Katherine Paterson. Starring: Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Robert Patrick, Zooey Deschanel. Color, 96 minutes. Lord of the Rings. Knockoff, but I can assure you, it is far from that. It is nothing less than the Million Dollar Baby. Has now been completely obliterated. To lose to a. Girl is simply earth shattering. Lesl...
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The Blog Apple: October 2007
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A segment of New York City culture. Monday, October 15, 2007. Tchaikovsky at the Phil: Swan Lake, Pathetique and more. Visit the official site. Date of performance: Oct. 13, 2007. This was in contrast to the Philharmonic's performance. Under Bramwell Tovey last November, when they played the Nutcracker. Next was Variations on a Rococo Theme. Closing out of the evening was a performance of the Sixth Symphony, the Pathétique. Op 74), which I last heard the Philharmonic perform. At the very end of the perfo...
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The Blog Apple: June 2007
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A segment of New York City culture. Thursday, June 21, 2007. Two, the Met, unlike the New York Philharmonic, does not conclude the alfresco evening with a fireworks display, merely a offensively bright spotlight that helps light the way but also indicates that you don't have to go home but you can't stay there, as the thinning crowds reveal a strong police presence lying in wait. Grab your empties and scram. The Concerts in the Parks are at once the best. To hear opera and the worst place to. Bruce Weber...
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Catching the Classics: Killer of Sheep (1977)
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Reviews, observations, and musings on classic cinema. Friday, November 16, 2007. Killer of Sheep (1977). Written and Directed by: Charles Burnett. Starring: Henry Gayle Sanders, Kaycee Moore. Black and White, 83 minutes. Here is a movie in which nothing really happens. There are no action scenes, no nudity, no significant violence to speak of, and certainly no explosions or special effects. What, you still need another reason to watch it? How about this one:. Today you're young, too soon you're old.".
