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Taking Woodstock
on Nov 7, 2009 in Films 1969 ang lee brokeback mountain cinema comedy concert counterculture cross-dress cross-dresser cross-dressing crouching tiger hidden dragon debt demetri martin drama emile hirsch eugene levy festival henry goodman imelda staunton janis joplin jimi hendrix jonathan groff liev schreiber movies Music rural struggle summer taking woodstock the ice storm woodstock woodstock music and arts festival Taking Woodstock (2009) ★★★ / ★★★★ Directed by Ang Lee (“The Ice Storm,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Brokeback Mountain”), “Taking Woodstock” was about the summer of 1969 and the fl...
Adventureland
on Nov 5, 2009 in Films 1980's 80s adventureland character-driven cinema comedy coming-of-age drama europe graduate graduation greg mottola hardwork heartbreak jack gilpin james brennan jesse eisenberg journey kristen stewart lessons life lesson maturity movies ryan reynolds superbad theme park wendie malick Adventureland (2009) ★★★ / ★★★★ This 80’s-inspired coming-of-age comedy-drama about James Brennan, played by Jesse Eisenberg, who was forced to work on a theme park after his parents (Jack Gilpin and Wendie Malick) revealed to him...
Duplicity
on Nov 4, 2009 in Films spy movies comedy twist ending funny thriller clive owen julia roberts irony mi6 paul giamatti cia sleek ironic smart steal twist tom wilkinson amusing charismatic cinema mission duplicity tony gilroy spy film stealing twists pharmaceutical executives upmanship karma closer Duplicity (2009) ★★★ / ★★★★ Writer-director Tony Gilroy’s spy film “Duplicity” greatly benefits from the two very charismatic leads, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. The two met four years ago when both were on a mission...
Sunshine Cleaning
on Nov 3, 2009 in Films affair alan arkin amy adams bittersweet blood christine jeffs cinema cleaning comedy crime scenes dark comedy drama emily blunt empowering family finance financial matters independent independent film indie jason spevack megan holley movies quirky sisters slice of life steve zahn suicides sunshine cleaning Sunshine Cleaning (2008) ★★★ / ★★★★ Amy Adams stars in “Sunshine Cleaning,” a story about a woman who was in desperate financial situations so she took up a job, along with her sister played by Emily Blunt, cleaning up after...
Halloween II
on Nov 2, 2009 in Films cinema deborah myers formulaic frustrating grizzly gruesome haddonfield halloween 2 halloween II john carpenter killer laurie strode malcolm mcdowell michael myers mother movies murder murderer no story not scary psychiatrist rampage remake rob zombie sam loomis scout taylor-compton sheri moon zombie slasher slasher film slasher flick tedious the others tyler mane violent Halloween II (2009) ★ / ★★★★ Written and directed by Rob Zombie, “Halloween II” is a complete waste of time. What I really liked with Zombie’s 2007 interpretation of the 1978 classic was that it really tried to tell a stor...
Halloween
on Nov 1, 2009 in Films 1978 a nightmare on elm street boogeyman cinema classic classic film classic horror classic movies creepy donald pleasence evil friday the 13th haddonfield halloween horror illinois independent independent cinema independent film indie cinema indie film jamie lee curtis john carpenter laurie strode masterpiece michael myers movies nancy loomis p.j. soles prom night sam loomis scary scream queen slasher slasher film stalker tony moran Halloween (1978) ★★★★ / ★★★★ “I met him fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding; even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong. I met this...