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British Comedy month 3 – In Bruges
Normally I’m not a big fan of black comedies. Sure, individual dark jokes can be hilarious, but when that’s the main focus of a comedy, well … I’d rather watch something that’s more light-hearted if I’m in the mood for … Continue reading
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Tagged belgium, black comedy, brendan gleeson, british comedy, bruges, clemence poesy, colin farrell, comedy, comedy movie, drama, in bruges, independant movies, jordan prentice, martin mcdonaugh, movie review, movies, ralph fiennes, spotlight pictures, thekla reuten, thriller movie
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Tom Hanks month 1 – Forrest Gump
Most people who have even been casually watching movies at some point between the mid-80s and today would at least recognize Tom Hanks if they saw him in a movie, whether they know him by name or not. His movies … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, comedy, comedy movie, dick cavett, drama, elvis presley, forrest gump, gary sinise, haley joel osment, historic fiction, kurt russell, lieutenant dan, movie review, movies, mykelti williamson, peter dobson, robin wright, sally field, siobhan fallon hogan, tom hanks, vietnam war, winston groom
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Bruce Willis month 2 – The Sixth Sense
This blog post is a day later than usual, because I had both a funeral and a multi-birthday celebration over the weekend. Also, I spent over an hour looking for clips for this blog post that didn’t contain spoilers, but … Continue reading
Sean Connery Month 3 – The Untouchables
In order to properly sum up Sean Connery’s career with only four movies, one must watch at least one movie where he plays a supporting role instead of the lead. He played a lot of supporting roles over the years, … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, al capone, al wolff, andy carcia, bafta, bob hoskins, brian de palma, charles martin smith, chicago, crime drama, drama, elliot ness, frank j. wilson, george stone, grammy awards, historical fiction, jimmy malone, kevin costner, movie review, movies, oscar wallace, robert de niro, roger ebert, rotten tomatoes, sean connery, sean connery month, the untouchables
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Sean Connery Month 2 – Finding Forrester
To properly look at the legendary career of Sean Connery, one must dive into at least one of his more dramatic roles. Finding Forrester feels like a good fit in more ways than one. It was the last well-received live-action … Continue reading
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Tagged anna paquin, busta rhymes, drama, f. murray abraham, finding forrester, j.d. salinger, jamal wallace, novel writing, richard roeper, rob brown, roger ebert, sean connery, sean connery month, terrell wallace, william forrester, writing, you're the man now dog, ytmnd
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True Story Movies 4 – Titanic
Even though I tend to watch more action movies, comedies and sci-fi/fantasy movies than anything else, I can enjoy pretty much any kind of movie you throw at me. Some of my favourite movies are dramas. There are several documentaries … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century fox, academy award, bernard hill, bill paxton, billy zane, celine dion, cgi, david warner, disaster movie, drama, gloria stuart, grand staircase, jack dawson, james cameron, kate winslet, kathy bates, leonardo dicaprio, movies, my heart will go on, romance, rose dewitt bukater, shipwreck, titanic, true story movies
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True Story Movies 3 – October Sky
Last week, we looked at Apollo 13 for the second entry in my true story theme month. I figured it was worth sticking with the space theme by taking a look at October Sky. October Sky is a biographical drama … Continue reading
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Tagged chad lindberg, chris cooper, chris owen, coal, coal mining, coalwood, drama, elise hickman, homer h. hickman, homer hickman, jake gyllenhaal, joe johnston, john hickman, laura dern, mining, miss freida j. riley, movie revew, movies, natalie canerday, october sky, rocket boys, sputnik 1, true story movies, west virginia, william lee scott
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Robin Williams month 3 – Good Will Hunting
Of the four movies I’m planning on looking at this month, this is the only one I hadn’t seen even one minute of before. Although I never watched Good Morning Vietnam until a couple weeks back, I did catch parts … Continue reading
Robin Williams movies 2 – Dead Poets Society
I was kind of split on whether to tackle this or Goodwill Hunting first. Dead Poets Society and Goodwill Hunting are often regarded as Robin Williams’ best performances. But considering this is the weekend I’m switching from evenings to mornings … Continue reading
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