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Author Archives: Ofelia Legaspi
The night three became one: Why you should give The Human Centipede a chance
The horror started before the film did: the movie was sold out. This, after my panicked marathon trying to outwalk all the other horror fans trying to get to the end of the line. I actually managed to overtake more … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, indie films, Thriller, Uncategorized
Tagged Arts, Bloor Cinema, Film, Horror, Horror film, Human Centipede, Movies, Tom Six, Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Toronto Underground Cinema
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One crazy week later … is another crazy week
But at least I got to see Billy Zane make Greek zombie heads fly and bathe in Niagara Falls of fake blood (Evil in the Time of Heroes — Toronto After Dark Film Festival). I also saw probably the most … Continue reading
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So Inception is ripped from . . . a Scrooge McDuck comic book?
No, you are not dreaming within a dream within a dream. Sorry to break it to you Inception fans, but this is too good of a find. Couldn’t he have just optioned the thing instead of draining it of all … Continue reading
Posted in auteur, comedy, derivative, Film, Inception, Leonardo Di Caprio, Uncategorized, Uncle Scrooge McDuck
Tagged Christopher Nolan, Inception, Uncle Scrooge McDuck
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Stories of serial killers and spies | 500 Movies, 365 Days (Identity) / Now Playing (Salt) |
Rotten Tomatoes tells me that a lot of you have flocked the theatres to see that actress with the lips and the hair that make you want to lecture God about equality and justice. South of the border, Americans have … Continue reading
| 500 Movies 365 Days | ‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night
Let me open with this: It’s pouring. It’s so beautiful that James Cameron named his production company after the spectacle of the black sky ripping open and letting out a scream: Lightstorm. That is one evocative name. People get trapped … Continue reading
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|500 Movies, 365 Days| Movie 4: Wonder Boys — An Odyssean homecoming of intelligent wanderers
When I came across Wonder Boys at a public library a few years ago, it was like it found me. The cover didn’t look like a promising apocalyptic scene out of some dream world in the recesses of Christopher Nolan’s … Continue reading
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|500 Movies, 365 Days| Movie 3: Garden State — planting idiosyncrasies
You won’t find a garden-variety cast of characters in Garden State. Peopled with oddballs in their 20s, this film satisfies my appetite for character-driven belated coming-of-age stories. It doesn’t shine as a whole, but many moments call attention to themselves … Continue reading
Posted in auteur, comedy, Film, Garden State, Natalie Portman, Uncategorized, Zach Braff
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Show Charlie Kaufman some love!
As soon as I stumbled out of the Carlton Cinema in 2004, fresh from seeing Jim Carrey do a drama, I immediately suffered Kaufman withdrawal. The internet became my friend: www.beingcharliekaufman.com. I thought this website was a little kooky and … Continue reading
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| 500 Movie, 365 Days / Now Playing | Movie 2: Shedding some Eternal Sunshine on concept-driven Inception
Christopher Nolan’s Inception begins mysteriously at a shore, as does Charlie Kaufman’s screenplay Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Both tackle memories at their core, construct for the audience the subconscious mind’s dream state and erode it through some compelling … Continue reading
Published articles update
Click here for some of the articles I’ve written for the Excalibur — the place that nurtured me as a journalist, more so than my professional writing undergraduate studies. I’ve written about Facebook, BMX, Toronto’s annual Vegetarian Food Fair, relationships, … Continue reading
Posted in BMX, diamonds, Facebook, relationships, romance, vegetarian
Tagged BMX, diamonds, Facebook, relationships, vegetarian
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