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Cinematic Arena: May 2008
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Rory Larry: I tend to apply to the "you have to see a lot of crap to know what's good" theory of cinema, which is why I see a lot of crap. * * * Nicholas Prigge: Movies can change lives and move mountains and realign stars. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. This exchange is important because the film is determined to let the audience know that they know that we know Harrison Ford is old. Yes, we know he's old. We're addressing it! The fifties, damn it! Looks old) ...
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Cinematic Arena: June 2007
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Rory Larry: I tend to apply to the "you have to see a lot of crap to know what's good" theory of cinema, which is why I see a lot of crap. * * * Nicholas Prigge: Movies can change lives and move mountains and realign stars. Monday, June 25, 2007. Needless to say my prayers were not answered. After that things get bigger and more showy but not scary. If the fake out was cheap, the end is bargain bin cheap. Performances? So is 1408 a typical horror movie or is it something else? To an almost Ah, Fuck It.
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Cinematic Arena: There Will Be Blood
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Rory Larry: I tend to apply to the "you have to see a lot of crap to know what's good" theory of cinema, which is why I see a lot of crap. * * * Nicholas Prigge: Movies can change lives and move mountains and realign stars. Monday, January 14, 2008. There Will Be Blood. That's why Cinematic Arena exists, friends, to help you work through this as we work through it ourselves. Based in part on Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil! I'm not one for blathering on about a filmmaker's point when I would rather be focusi...
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Cinematic Arena: Forthcoming
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Rory Larry: I tend to apply to the "you have to see a lot of crap to know what's good" theory of cinema, which is why I see a lot of crap. * * * Nicholas Prigge: Movies can change lives and move mountains and realign stars. Sunday, January 13, 2008. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Moment of Clarity. There Will Be Blood.
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Cinematic Arena: The Golden Compass
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Rory Larry: I tend to apply to the "you have to see a lot of crap to know what's good" theory of cinema, which is why I see a lot of crap. * * * Nicholas Prigge: Movies can change lives and move mountains and realign stars. Saturday, December 8, 2007. In a parallel world (where people's souls exist as creatures outside their bodies as sort of spirit animals and the world is a combination of magic, technology and 19th century architecture) is where the story in The Golden Compass. And if you were wonderin...
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Cinematic Arena: July 2007
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Rory Larry: I tend to apply to the "you have to see a lot of crap to know what's good" theory of cinema, which is why I see a lot of crap. * * * Nicholas Prigge: Movies can change lives and move mountains and realign stars. Tuesday, July 3, 2007. Live Free or Die Hard. Bruce Willis) gets that look in his eye that says: It's going to be a pain in the ass for me to do this, but I couldn't live with myself if I didn't." - Roger Ebert. In the last few years, or ever since the advent of. Live Free or Die Hard.
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Cinematic Arena: A Moment of Clarity
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Rory Larry: I tend to apply to the "you have to see a lot of crap to know what's good" theory of cinema, which is why I see a lot of crap. * * * Nicholas Prigge: Movies can change lives and move mountains and realign stars. Monday, January 14, 2008. A Moment of Clarity. Be wary of spoilers, friends. Be wary. But this is the one scene from cinema in 2007 that affected me the most and so I must press forward.). He asks. "Tallis," she tells him. "Do you love me? He asks. "Yes," she says. Atonement" is told ...
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Cinematic Arena: February 2008
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Rory Larry: I tend to apply to the "you have to see a lot of crap to know what's good" theory of cinema, which is why I see a lot of crap. * * * Nicholas Prigge: Movies can change lives and move mountains and realign stars. Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Was this film much longer and had to be cut down? I couldn't even work up enough to care how it ended. Which I say is pretty damning for a romantic comedy. You're absolutely correct, though, Rory in that Reynolds lead performance is the fatal flaw. This...
