"La Vie En Rose"
I have some Edith Piaf recordings and after watching this film, they sound even sadder.
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"Michael Clayton"
Mr. Fixer, please fix this movie and tell us why so many Hollywood people like it.
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"Gone Baby Gone"
There are times when I forget that Ben Affleck had some talent. OK, 98 percent of the time I forget that fact, but in his directorial debut “Gone, Baby, Gone,” Affleck brings back the gritty Boston last seen in “Good Will Hunting” and brings a gifted cast together into a slightly mediocre story.
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"Superbad"
You know, everyone these days like to throw around the phrase, “From the producers who brought you ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin’ and ‘Wedding Crashers’” a lot. It’s like some seal of comedic approval. For me, it’s the equivalent to “From the producers who brought you ‘Pootie Tang’ and ‘Tomcats’”.
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"Killer of Sheep"
Odds are that you haven’t seen this film before, or even heard about it. It’s such a rare piece of extraordinary filmmaking that has taken three decades to see the light of day. Luckily, TCM and Netflix exist to expose the masses to what is considered to be groundbreaking African-American cinema.
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"Eastern Promises"
How can a guy who is only the driver to the son to one of the big Russian mobsters in London look, talk and stare harder than the rest of the mob? Luckily, Viggo Mortensen steps up to the plate and kicks some butt.
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"The Orphanage (El Orfanato)"
Those crazy Spaniards! Always trying to scary me with the crazy, creep children’s tales that make me afraid to go into a cellar.
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"There Will Be Blood"
I looked the devil in the eye with his face covered with oil, and he made me weep.
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"Ratatouille"
The rat nearly, NEARLY, nearly knocked out “Toy Story 2” as being my favorite animated movie.
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"Juno"
She has a witty tongue and morning sickness, and you just don’t know what will come out of her month next. Unfortunately, the vomit probably had more substance than the film itself.