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"A movie review is a reflection of your life." -Michael Phillips What's my spin? I'm often looking at film from an ethical (not moralistic) stance. What does a film communicate about right and wrong especially in relationships?

Thursday, January 22, 2015

The Greatest Musical Scenes in the Movies

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The best musical scenes create a poem, a romance that convinces us that the unreal is real. We don’t care how unrealistic the situation i...

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Linklater's Bullseye: Boyhood

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Slacker, Linkater's first feature film Slacker was the first Richard Linklater film I saw. It was one of my earliest art films, a...

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Calvary: A Sociology of a Good Man

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You would think that being a good person is just pats on the back and accolades. Rather, the cliche is too often true: "No good dee...

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Philosophy of Action: Coen Brothers Ranked

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I've finished watching all of the Coen Brothers, so it's time to rank! I think I like Ethan over Joel, personally. Wait, w...

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Why I Love Movies

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Michael is spending his afterlife in this theatre. Must be the popcorn. Movies are central to my life. On average, I participate in a...

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Below the Surface: Blow Up

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Blow Up (1966) The thriller is not the thing. If we focused on the "mystery" of this film, then we would miss perhaps 80 per...

Monday, October 20, 2014

Struggling with the Void: The Hours

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The Hours is a film of three stories about three women all living a form of the life of Mrs. Dalloway, the lauded novel by Virginia Wool...

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