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My Life in Movies: Robert (Sean) Penn Warren's All the King's Men

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My Life in Movies. This blog describes my views on movies. I watch, I rate, I interpret. Monday, March 16, 2009. Robert (Sean) Penn Warren's All the King's Men. Reading Robert Penn Warren's 1946 novel All the King's Men. I'm not sure if the movie can be appreciated without having read the novel, for the plot gets a bit confusing, but the theme about politics and service is still evident. Watch it for that alone, but only if you generally vote Democrat. I guess a Republican can enjoy it, too, for ...Aweso...

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My Life in Movies: June 2006

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My Life in Movies. This blog describes my views on movies. I watch, I rate, I interpret. Thursday, June 29, 2006. Does the New King Kong Rule, Too? 2005) deserves several entries, so the next couple or few will be devoted to analyzing and teasing out some of the strands Jackson includes in his latest epic. This one, however, will simply review it as a film. Not that that task is as simple as it sounds. The problem is that Jackson is an auteur. In. The Lord of the Rings. 8221; And I wonder: is it a &#8220...

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My Life in Movies: September 2005

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My Life in Movies. This blog describes my views on movies. I watch, I rate, I interpret. Tuesday, September 20, 2005. I Want to Run Away! 2003) showed me why I don’t like these John Grisham-style legal thrillers. I have never seen. Or any other legal TV show since. Went off the air, and these shows weren’t even about the courtroom. I never consciously avoided these other shows; I just never got around to watching them, just like I have never seen. A Time to Kill. I’ll keep my comments to. 1998), which I ...

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My Life in Movies: May 2006

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My Life in Movies. This blog describes my views on movies. I watch, I rate, I interpret. Tuesday, May 30, 2006. Ashley Judd needs to stop. I hereby proclaim that the Ashley Judd thriller (and its imitators) has played itself out and needs to retire. Sure, I enjoyed. 1997) when it came out. Heck, I even thought. 1999) was somewhat entertaining. But now there’s. Eye of the Beholder. 2004), along with the perhaps-promising. 2006), which is being directed by William Friedkin. So I vote to watch. Not only did...

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My Life in Movies: August 2005

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My Life in Movies. This blog describes my views on movies. I watch, I rate, I interpret. Wednesday, August 31, 2005. The Tide has Come! 1986) since I was a kid, I remember it being that way. Yes, the dialogue was cheesy and the plot was overdone, but the airplane sequences were great! At least when I was a kid. So I have liked director Tony Scott ever since I saw. 1995), and when the credits came on, I felt like my friend who saw. Is an excellent submarine film (. However, is quite riveting. My only ...

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My Life in Movies: August 2006

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My Life in Movies. This blog describes my views on movies. I watch, I rate, I interpret. Monday, August 07, 2006. The Flux of Casanova. I have talked before that movies must have several things to make them good:. 183; An interesting and engaging plot. 183; Good acting. 183; Good dialogue. I think I may be paring this list down to two basic components, however. Now I say that every movie must have. 183; A good idea and. 183; Must be well-executed. Let me give an example. The new live action. But boy does...

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My Life in Movies: March 2009

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My Life in Movies. This blog describes my views on movies. I watch, I rate, I interpret. Monday, March 30, 2009. Sometimes I Feel Like an Idiot: Mike Judge's Idiocracy. Satire is difficult, and Mike Judge certainly doesn't pull punches. Unlike in King of the Hill. Subtlety isn't his style in Idiocracy. Instead, he goes all out for every gag in the book. Every nuance is there to portray society as simply stupid. It's a good premise. The other thing I like about this post is how people like to think they'r...

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My Life in Movies: April 2008

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My Life in Movies. This blog describes my views on movies. I watch, I rate, I interpret. Thursday, April 17, 2008. Apatow's films are funny (see The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Rated Widescreen Edition). And Knocked Up (Widescreen Edition). And this one is no different. It's directed by Greg Mottola who did The Daytrippers. The movie is flawed, though. So much of the script is ad-libbed that some things don't make sense. Characters say things that contradict earlier ideas, and the editors just kept it be...The D...

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My Life in Movies: March 2008

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My Life in Movies. This blog describes my views on movies. I watch, I rate, I interpret. Tuesday, March 18, 2008. It's watching these stereotypes develop (albeit in their generic ways) that makes this movie fun. That and the amazing shoot 'em up scene at the end. When the two protagonists make their final stand, you know it's coming, and it still keeps you on the edge of your seat. That's the sign of a good movie, and. Continues to deliver, even at a second and third viewing. Friday, March 14, 2008.

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My Life in Movies: Noir Excellence

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My Life in Movies. This blog describes my views on movies. I watch, I rate, I interpret. Tuesday, March 18, 2008. It's watching these stereotypes develop (albeit in their generic ways) that makes this movie fun. That and the amazing shoot 'em up scene at the end. When the two protagonists make their final stand, you know it's coming, and it still keeps you on the edge of your seat. That's the sign of a good movie, and. Continues to deliver, even at a second and third viewing. Catch the 3:10 to Yuma.