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About Cherry (2012)

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About Cherry (2012)

Someday a movie is going to be made that will take us inside the adult film industry and show us the reality of what goes on there. That film will introduce us, in the cold light of day, to the machinations that make such an industry possible and the people who operation within it. When […]

| August 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

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Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

The people in Beasts of the Southern Wild seem to be clinging to the edge of the world.  Seemingly cast away from civilization, they are a small group of people who have been through a natural disaster but have a resolve and a determination never to be victims.  Crying, for them, is an abomination.  As […]

| August 14, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Heaven Strewn (2012)

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Heaven Strewn (2012)

Mickey and Jasper have been friends since they were kids, but that doesn’t mean they share the same brain.  Now in their 30s, they have actually grown in two different directions though they are still loyal to one another.  Jasper is attempting to get his life together, he is a staff writer for the Los […]

| August 4, 2012 | 0 Comments
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The Highest Pass (2011)

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The Highest Pass (2011)

All his life, Adam Schomer has been seeking a spirit guide, a guru to help him find his true purpose.  “Since I was a kid, I’ve been wanting a guru, a wise teacher,” he says, “I think we all want that.”  He found his guru in the place you would most likely expect him to […]

| September 21, 2011 | 0 Comments
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

The institution of the dysfunctional family has been fodder for a thousand independent films. It’s a dependable old device on which filmmakers often hang eccentric characters so we won’t assume they’re clinically insane by their own right.  Dysfunction by itself does not make for great comedy and that’s part of my problem with Little Miss […]

| September 1, 2006 | 0 Comments
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Winter Passing (2005)

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Winter Passing (2005)

I have a great affection for movies that zero in on a particular character’s eccentricities. Winter Passing is a movie heads in that direction and then doesn’t know what to do with it. We have the characters, they have goofy characteristics and it all just lays there flat. This is one of those slowly paced […]

| November 16, 2005 | 0 Comments
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Shallow Grave (1995)

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Shallow Grave (1995)

“Shallow Grave” is a thriller that challenges you based on how you feel about the characters. Since we are aware early on that the characters in this movie – nee, the heroes – are unlikable and snobbish, that kind of puts us at a distance. Our concern for their safety is thus pushed away. That […]

| January 20, 1995 | 0 Comments
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