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Category Archives: reviews
Peep Showish Movie
I re-watched Magicians last night and laughed out loud all the way through it. It stars the two guys from the BBC comedy Peep Show who have such an unusual sense of humour that sometimes they don’t hit the bullseye … Continue reading
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A “Mom” Movie
It’s Complicated stars Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin as a rich divorced couple with grown kids who after 10 years of separation have an affair with each other that seems wonderful but inevitably complicates their lives. I usually can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged: Alec Baldwin, Meryl Streep, romantic comedies
Al’s Birthday Movie
Today is Al Pacino‘s 71st birthday. Happy birthday, Al. To honour him on this wonderful day, I say why not watch a performance he should have won an Academy Award for but didn’t? Exhibit A: Donnie Brasco. This is what … Continue reading
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Tagged: 4 Star Movies, al pacino, Andrew Parks, Anne Heche, Bruno Kirby, Johnny Depp, Joseph Pistone, Michael Madsen, Mike Newell
A Movie and Podcast About Darwin
Creation isn’t a bad movie to watch today, the 129th anniversary of Charles Darwin‘s death. (I could have picked the publication anniversary of On the Origin of Species, but that’s not until November.) Viewers who know some details of … Continue reading
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Tagged: Charles Darwin, evolution
Review of “Band of Brothers”
Band of Brothers is the 10-part HBO mini-series from 2001 that follows a bunch of guys through basic training during WWII, their deployment on D-Day and all the battles they went through until the end of the war in Europe. … Continue reading
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Tagged: 4 Star Movies