Archive for 'The Decision '08 Review'

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Went And Saw American Gangster Tonight…

…and what do you think happened?  Before the opening scene even got underway, the movie stopped.  Technical problems, slight delay, no problem…only when the movie started back, they didn’t start from the beginning!
Well, I’m a bit of a movie snob, and I can’t stand stuff like that (particularly after paying $9.75 for the ticket and […]

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Friday, July 27th, 2007

The Simpsons Movie - A Quick Review

Just went to the midnight showing, stupidly, on a work night, so I’ve got to make this quick and get to bed!
Good - not great. It’s funny, but it’s hard to sustain the laughs for the duration. There are moments in the latter parts of the movie, but the first 20 minutes or […]

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Friday, January 12th, 2007

Pan’s Labyrinth: The Decision ‘08 Review

Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has done the near impossible; he is selling out screens across the country for a fairy tale.  A fairy tale in Spanish, with English subtitles.  That’s right, sold-out shows for a foreign-language movie.  And the good news is, his new movie Pan’s Labyrinth lives up to the hype.  It takes […]

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Friday, January 5th, 2007

Children Of Men: The Decision ‘08 (Capsule) Review

Just a quickie:
The theater was PACKED…Michael Caine is as good a hippie as he is a dandy…Clive Owen impressed me much, much more here than he did in the mediocre Inside Man…the movie is not flawless, but it certainly has a masterful way of turning up the suspense a notch…many, many scenes that pack a […]

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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Casino Royale: The Decision ‘08 Review

Okay, I’m late to the party on this one; I’m sure many, many of you have already been. Tonight was the night for me; the short version: if Daniel Craig is not the best James Bond ever (and sorry, Sean Connery fans, I happen to think he is), he’s certainly a James Bond for […]

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Friday, November 10th, 2006

Tonight, For The Fourth Time…

…I watched Louis Malle’s tragic, brilliant, moving masterpiece Au Revoir Les Enfants (but for the first time on the Criterion Collection’s newly remastered DVD). I’ve written about the movie before (twice, in fact), but the third time’s the charm.
I simply can’t recommend this movie enough. It’s the story of a friendship that develops between […]

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Thursday, November 9th, 2006

Wow! I Take One Little Post-Election Break To Go See A Movie…

…and the Republicans lose the Senate:
A Democratic takeover of the Senate is appearing likely after an ongoing canvass of votes in Virginia produced no significant changes in the outcome of the hard-fought race led by Democratic challenger Jim Webb, sources told CNN Wednesday.
Wednesday night, with Webb leading Republican Sen. George Allen by about 7,200 votes […]

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Friday, October 6th, 2006

The Departed: The Decision ‘08 Review

Is there any doubt about the finest living director? Woody Allen has his moments, but he’s really a one-trick pony (granted, it’s a good trick), and Peter Jackson was born to do Lord of the Rings, but that’s a bit of ‘right man for the right moment’.  If you go back to Mean Streets, and […]

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Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

World Trade Center - The Decision ‘08 Review

Alas, this review is up late and not as good as it could probably be, as I just was involved in an ugly incident that involved law enforcement (I was a witness, not an instigator!), and now I have a tremendous headache. And God bless our cops and public safety officials, by the way, […]

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Saturday, August 5th, 2006

Classic Movie Weekend Continues…

…as tonight it was The Deer Hunter, a movie I’ve seen multiple times, but never on DVD before. Twenty years ago I would have said that this was my favorite movie of all time; I’d still say it’s in the top ten.  Michael Cimino’s masterpiece is a movie that breathes; under most circumstances (and certainly […]

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Saturday, July 29th, 2006

The Times’ Endorsement Of Lamont Is Up…

…if you care to read it. Basically, it’s a poorly written screed that spends hundreds of words saying one thing: we don’t like George Bush, and since he’s not running, Joe Lieberman is his proxy. Do I lie?
If Mr. Lieberman had once stood up and taken the lead in saying that there were […]

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Friday, July 14th, 2006

An Exclusive Decision ‘08 Preview

Frank Rich’s Book comes out September 19th, but, no doubt due to my consistent rave reviews of the man’s work, I’ve been granted an exclusive sneak preview. Here’s a rundown on the table of contents:
Chapter One: Before The Quagmire: Light and Beauty In The World Before GWB
Chapter Two: Ominous Signs Of A Quagmire: How […]

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Sunday, June 25th, 2006

The Decision ‘08 Review: How Would A Patriot Act?

First things first; this is a book review, and not a place to air dirty laundry. This is not a post about Kosola or related sidebars, recent arguments notwithstanding.
Instead, I hope it is a fair look at a book, How Would A Patriot Act?, by one of the left’s new celebrity bloggers, Glenn Greenwald. […]

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Friday, May 26th, 2006

The Decision ‘08 Review: The Messiah Of Morris Avenue

Tony Hendra’s The Messiah Of Morris Avenue is a book that suffers from an identity crisis. Hendra’s novel, the story of the Second Coming in the not-too-distant future, can’t decide whether it is a parable, a satire, a utopian fantasy, or a straight-ahead narrative. Ultimately this schizophrenic approach sinks the book, but the […]

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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

United 93: The Decision ‘08 Review

Okay, suppose we dispose with the preliminaries and set some ground rules up front. I won’t presume to know whether you should see the movie, and I won’t insult your intelligence by painting a decision either way as good or bad. It’s a movie, after all, no matter how grave the subject matter.
Of […]

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Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Inside Man: The Decision ‘08 Review

The reason for the decline in movie attendance is debatable; some say the movies are worse; others, myself included, think there are simply too many entertainment options today, and after all, a DVD and a decent size TV screen have their charms. What is undeniable, I think, is that the technical level of filmmaking […]

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Thursday, December 15th, 2005

King Kong: The Decision ‘08 Review

Well, just got back…as you’ve heard by now, it’s a LOOOONG movie. That’s the major criticism; by the time the third act rolls around, a bit of weariness sets in, as some of the emotional triggers are reached for once too often. The film also takes about 15 minutes too long to get […]

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