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Tag: impassioned cinema

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Everybody’s Talkin’ 9 – 23 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Seeing movies with our parents, the return of The Cinecast, and the fact that we’re all sick people.

Posted on September 26, 2014October 1, 2014
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Everybody’s Talkin’ 1 – 25 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Sean and Aiden talk prequels, Dor is in Sundance, and Stevee feels infinite.

Posted on January 25, 2013January 30, 2013
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Everybody’s Talkin’ 11 – 8 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Reel Insight take a few for the team, Nick takes a walk, and Mettel turns 400.

Posted on November 8, 2012November 13, 2012
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Blindsided by FRANKENSTEIN

Considering how well I thought I knew Whale’s adaptation of Shelly’s gothic tale, it’s amazing that I was moved as deeply as I was.

Posted on October 30, 2012June 30, 2015
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Blindsided by TOUCH OF EVIL

Digging into this film has been a long time coming. It hasn’t just waited through nine months of Blind Spots; it’s been patiently waiting for me on my own shelf for years

Posted on September 25, 2012June 30, 2015
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Blindsided by LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS

It’s bad enough this entry is two days overdue, I didn;’ need the selection itself to throw me for a loop and make matters worse.

Posted on August 30, 2012June 30, 2015
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Blindsided by PATTON

Getting my first look at a film that seems to encapsulate so much of America’s military history: For better and for worse.

Posted on July 31, 2012June 30, 2015
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Blindsided by BAMBI

I finally watch an animated feature I should have seen years ago, and come away surprised with its audacity.

Posted on June 26, 2012June 30, 2015
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Everybody’s Talkin’ 6 – 22 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Brian and Fogs continue the PROMETHEUS conversation, ALMOST FAMOUS is declared a future classic, and Alex finds a great source of marital advice.

Posted on June 22, 2012June 27, 2012
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Blindsided by A STAR IS BORN (1954)

Before we get up in arms about how Hollywood wants to ruin a classic, let’s all take a good long look at the classic.

Posted on May 29, 2012June 30, 2015
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Blindsided by MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

What would Capra think of what the role of government has become?

Posted on April 24, 2012June 30, 2015
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Blindsided by MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN

The wetwospective continues with a weal womp about the woars of laughter that come from a wigid weligion.

Posted on March 27, 2012June 30, 2015

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