Tag: movies
member name: Garen Daly
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March 28, 2008 09:29 AM EDT --
Does this happen to you? You're plopped down in front of the TV and you are assiduously exercising your evolutionary advantage - your opposable thumb, You flip through channels working your attention . . .
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May 15, 2009 08:38 AM EDT --
The new Tom Hanks film, ANGELS & DEMONS opens this week.
Based on a Don Brown book of the same name, ANGEL & DEMONS is a mystery involving the election of a new Pope, a great tour of churches . . .
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January 29, 2008 08:16 AM EST --
Of all the alleged holidays Groundhog Day has to rank up there as one of the more inane. A large rodent pops its head out a box and some oddly dresses humans proclaim wether or not our winter weather . . .
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March 02, 2009 07:50 AM EST --
On Friday WATCHMEN will open on thousands of screens. The $100 million film is directed by Zack Snyder, the man who gave us 300 . The question is, will WATCHMEN meet Hollywood’s expectations . . .
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April 21, 2008 10:38 AM EDT --
Bi-fur-cated. Hollywood is bifurcated. It's not some new psycho-sexual fad. What the heck is bifurcated or bifurcation? Bifurcation is a noun meaning the division of something into two parts or two . . .
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July 15, 2009 08:21 AM EDT --
H arry Potter is a wimp.
W e are now six movies into the Harry Potter series and the alleged wizard is a wimp. Every time he gets into trouble, someone bails him out. He fights a big snake, a bird . . .
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January 14, 2008 08:56 AM EST --
Woody Allen said he was more attracted to the bad witch in Sleeping Beauty than the recumbent good girl? I am the same way. I like warped sickos. The smarter, the nastier, the better.
Chosing my . . .
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May 26, 2008 09:36 AM EDT --
It's Memorial Day. Many think it is simply the first day of summer and a time for BBQs, new Hollywood popcorn films or perhaps two too many beers. If this is you, get a life. Take a second and . . .
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June 30, 2008 07:34 AM EDT --
They act surprised. A movie is made, it doesn't adhere to the same old, same old. It's a tad different and the pundits, the talking heads, the people in search of a topic to espouse, all proclaim . . .
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December 26, 2007 08:17 AM EST --
Film going is all about expectations. We like a certain star or director or topic. The buzz is strong. The plot sounds intriguing. We buy the ticket, inhale the popcorn aroma, and find our way to our . . .
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December 10, 2007 06:11 PM EST --
Head to the video store and have yourself a Merry Christmas Film Festival . Start December 13, watch one film a day and as you do, the full range of the holiday feeling will slide down your chimney right . . .
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November 05, 2007 03:04 PM EST --
How many times have you seen a film and it resonates within you? I’m not talking about getting all breathless over star, or even getting jazzed by the plot or action or whatever. No, what I am talking . . .
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November 17, 2008 03:28 PM EST --
Hollywood has a tough time with its siblings.
Back in the early days of film, there wasn't a lot of competition for the entertainment dollar. At the turn of the last century, Vaudeville was happening . . .
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October 11, 2009 05:20 PM EDT --
Vampires are sexy.
If you want proof, that vampires are sexy, there's True Blood , the Twilight books, the Twilight movies, the Vampire Diaries and more coming. Teens and horror aficionados . . .
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June 09, 2008 02:14 PM EDT --
It's dark. The mosquitos are slyly, noisily seeking a bloody meal. A speaker dangles from a slightly pulled down window. The wind shield is fogged. The sound coming from the car is subdued, hormonally . . .
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March 06, 2008 03:51 PM EST --
The Oscars have come and gone. Did you have a favorite moment? Besides the obvious where the winning Americans thank everyone including the parking lot attendant while the Europeans gave classy acceptance . . .
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October 15, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
By Garen Daly
Creativity is lacking in Hollywood. This is no surprise. Since the first movies, critics have complained how films pander to the masses and how they lack imagination. Has it gotten worse? . . .
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October 29, 2007 04:42 PM EDT --
For over a century, movie goers have plopped down coin, walked into the dark, sat down and waited, waited to be frightened. Think about that for a second. We are using our hard earned bucks to get . . .
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February 11, 2008 06:18 AM EST --
It looks like the writer's strike is over. Let's hope so. Now we can pay attention to the Oscars. Who got nominated and who will win. Some folks will spend time figuring out who will wear what . . .
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February 09, 2009 08:59 AM EST --
This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Picture include two ‘little engines that could’. Slumdog Millionaire is one. A small film about a poor Indian boy winning a TV game show and getting the girl. There . . .
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