Movie Notes: The Core

September 5th, 2008

The Core

Synopsis

The earth’s core stops spinning, leading to a breakdown of the magnetic field, threatening to destroy humanity. A crack squad of scientists join with the military to drive straight down into the planet and save everyone.

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Movie Notes: The Dark Knight

August 6th, 2008

The Dark Knight

Synopsis

Batman (Christian Bale) protects Gotham from the psychotic criminal, Joker (Heath Ledger) and begins to question the very definition of heroism.

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Movie Notes: Thank You For Smoking

October 1st, 2007

Thank You For Smoking

This is a smartly cynical comedy that fictionally answers a question I’ve long had: how exactly do people in socially unacceptable lines of work live with themselves? More specifically, this movie documents the spin-doctor personality behind a tobacco industry PR guy. Namely, his job is to minimize smoking’s negative image and even claim that being anti-smoking is anti-business and hence anti-American.

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Movie Notes: No Reservations

August 20th, 2007

No Reservations

Here’s a light snack respite from the bad movie celebration for — a new bad movie. Well, not super-bad, just dull and predictably boring. Which is a shame, because one of the film’s highlights is Catherine Zeta-Jones with a dab of tiramisu on her lips. It’s a simple romantic comedy based on the German film Mostly Martha (which I haven’t seen).

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