Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbander have an interesting thing in common. Fassbender has played two different roles that McKellen has more famously played before him. They were both Magneto and they were both Macbeth. This is all technically irrelevant, since Fassbender has never played Sherlock Holmes. But Benedict Cumberbatch has played him! And they are …
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Oct 24
The Fifth Estate
Movies based on true events are always a tricky endeavor, especially if those events are within the last few years. If they are based on a single person, who happens to be alive, then it can get all sorts of awkward. Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks is currently living in the Ecuadorian Assembly in London. If …
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May 03
The Details
The Details I must say is a random grab for me. I saw the cover, I noticed how bad it looked, and that hey, I know all the people in it. Fuck it. Give it a shot. It did just come out on DVD/Blu-Ray, but I know it was finished in 2011. Lot of post …
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Apr 26
Hyde Park On Hudson
In case you are still wondering why I released The King’s Speech review earlier this week, it is because of Hyde Park On Hudson. Why? Well, while watching this random movie, I saw that King George VI was a character, a name who meant nothing to me. But then he stuttered. Oh shit, that is …
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Jul 17
The Nanny Diaries
I’ve been averaging about two movies a day the last few weeks. Usually I do a movie from the last five years, to review, and then one from 2006 and earlier, so I can watch more and more that I haven’t seen before. And you know, if they are old, I usually won’t review it. …
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May 01
The Squid and The Whale
Uh oh, The Squid And The Whale? You know that means it will be a quirky movie. An autobiographical, quirky movie too. Jeff Daniels looking like a hobo? Must be artsy too. This is supposed to be a story about the youth of Noah Baumbach. Who is that? He is a writer, who works on …
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Nov 14
The Other Man
Damn it, Liam Neeson. “What?” – Liam Neeson. My original review of this movie was just the first four words. But I asked three people and one wanted me to elaborate. Neeson’s wife (Laura Linney), a shoe designer, died. He finds out she may have been sleeping with anOther Man. He finds out it is …
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