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Continuing with the Batman flicks, and perhaps preparing for the new Nolan feature Inception next week. Interestingly, i watched the opening shot of Memento recently and noticed similar compositions of strong angles dividing the frame in one of the early shots in Begins. Maybe nothing. But interesting that it’s the same angle cutting through the [ READ MORE ]
Set this to record from HDNet. Hadn’t seen it in many many years. Since then Christopher Nolan has completely redefined the concept of Batman from his beginning. With Dark Knight Nolan set the standard for comic-based films. I always regarded Burton’s 1989 version as “the good one,” especially after Schumacher’s super-corny neon lights sequels that [ READ MORE ]
Somehow i’ve never seen The Fugitive before. The thing that stood out most about this film was how many familiar faces were in it. Most under-the-radar of whom is probably Laverne Scott Caldwell who played Rose on Lost. What is there to say? Harrison Ford is Harrison Ford: smart, resourceful, and in trouble. Tommy Lee [ READ MORE ]
Got home after driving around under the high afternoon sun, and spent the afternoon dozing off with movies on TV. First up was teeny-bopper thriller Disturbia. It was perfectly mindless and exciting enough for how tired i was. The premise of being imprisoned in your own house is interesting, but it probably could have been [ READ MORE ]
Well done. It’s been so long since i’ve seen this. What a refreshing tangent from the norm[ READ MORE ]
