Movie Notes: Dreamgirls

January 16th, 2007

Dreamgirls

The spouse wanted an uplifting flick, and Dreamgirls fit the bill. It’s a quick ride right out of the gates, as we begin in the middle of an amateur music competition, with hardly an introduction before the singing starts.

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Movie Notes: Kinsey

September 2nd, 2006

Kinsey

Kinsey is a calculatingly unsexy movie about sex, which makes sense as Kinsey the scientist approached the subject from the unemotional, unjudgemental viewpoint of a researcher. It’s a biopic along the lines of Ray, The Aviator, or Tucker, with some important differences.

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