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Stories of serial killers and spies | 500 Movies, 365 Days (Identity) / Now Playing (Salt) |

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

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 →

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| 500 Movies 365 Days | ‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night

Posted on August 1, 2010 by

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

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

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

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

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 →

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Show Charlie Kaufman some love!

Posted on July 25, 2010 by

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

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

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 →

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| 500 Movies, 365 Days | Adaptation — It’s Howard Roark, but funnier

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

Director: Spike Jonze Writer: Charlie Kaufman Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Tilda Swinton Do I have an original thought in my head? My might-as-well-be-bald head? It’s been a Charlie Kaufman-esque kind of mornings for me ever … Continue reading →

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A cinephile?

Posted on June 8, 2010 by

Welcome! This is not Cinephilics Anonymous. I’m here to enable you. Here’s what to expect from this blog: |NOW PLAYING| Answers the question of why a movie I just overpaid for sucked or rocked. Will have spoilers for the most … Continue reading →

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