Archive for the 'Movies' Category

Movie Notes: In The Land Of Women

May 11th, 2008

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Carter (Adam Brody) has been dumped by Elena (Sofia Bunuel) and so retreats to his grandmother’s house in Michigan to work on his screenplay. Across the street lives Sarah Hardwicke (Meg Ryan) and daughter Lucy (Kristen) who take a liking to the pensive, doe eyed young man from Los Angeles.

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Movie Notes: Sunshine

May 9th, 2008

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The spaceship Icarus II is on a mission to drop a huge bomb into a faltering sun, reigniting it to warm the frozen earth.

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Movie Notes: Fierce Creatures

May 8th, 2008

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Rollo Lee (John Cleese) runs a zoo which has been taken over by the Rod McCain (Kevin Kline) corporation. Rod soon dispatches his son Vince (also Kevin Kline) and a new employee Willa (Jamie Lee Curtis) to monetize the zoo. The zoo keepers are not pleased with the new focus on crass capitalism.

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Webomaticast #3: 3G iPhone, Tech Crap, Movie Ratings

May 7th, 2008

WebomaticastA bit bored on my day off, so I recorded a podcast or “Webomaticast” as I prefer. Perhaps I’ll revive this idea as a once a week thing.

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Movie Notes: 2 Days In Paris

May 7th, 2008

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Marion (Julie Delpy) brings her New Yorker boyfriend Jack (Adam Goldberg) to Paris to meet her parents and rekindle their relationship. Cultural differences, Jack’s neuroses, and Marion’s various past lovers make this goal difficult.

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Movie Notes: The Science Of Sleep

May 6th, 2008

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Shy Stephane (Gael Gacia Bernal) enlivens his boring life with creative dreams. His relationship with neighbor Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is both enriched and threatened by Stephane’s nocturnal imaginings.

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Movie Notes: Superbad

May 5th, 2008

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Two sex-obsessed, loser high-school seniors try to score booze for a party. Hilarity ensues.

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Movie Notes: La Vie En Rose

May 4th, 2008

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Biography of Edith Piaf, popular French singer who rose from poverty to worldwide fame.

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Movie Notes: Bulletproof Monk

May 3rd, 2008

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Sixty years ago, a martial-arts monk (Chow Yun-Fat) is appointed guardian of a mysterious scroll with life-prolonging powers. In the present day, the monk has chosen Kar (Seann William Scott) as a new guardian and apprentice. Meanwhile, evil people search for the scroll, seeking to possess its mystical powers.

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Movie Notes: A Guy Thing

May 2nd, 2008

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Paul (Jason Lee) is about to marry Karen (Selma Blair) but wakes up in bed next to Becky (Julia Stiles) - Karen’s cousin. Paul begins to reconsider his relationship with Karen.

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