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Unspoken Cinema: The Films Of Lav Diaz

Diaz films his characters in moderately long shots and uses a techno soundtrack (by the band The Jerks) that enhances the dystopian sense overarching the film. Even while working within the limits of the genre (thereby using some of its ... If Hesus the Revolutionary set a fantastical revolutionary movement in the near future, this film uses the one that took place for real in the past. Diaz's intention is not just to capture the spirit of the age, but, as in the previous ...

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Smallville – The Complete Seventh Season | Movies Episodes

Lois is as headstrong as ever, but toward the end of the season, her character begins to soften a bit, especially toward Clark. You can't help but think that the writers are laying some groundwork for the future couple. I still think Erica is the ... Since the show has been picked up for another season, I'm really hoping that with a full 22-episode season, Smallville can bounce back and end the series with the efficient capability that the writers have shown in the past. ...

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The Playlist: The Films Of Bill Murray: A Retrospective

The first stone-cold classic in the Murray oeuvre ("Tootsie" is worth a mention, but something of a minor role for the star), and still, 25 years on, his biggest hit, it's the gold-standard of effects-driven comedies. As much as anything, ..... It's cute, has its moments and Murray does a fine job of keeping his manic tendencies under wraps while Dreyfus loses his marbles and simmers out of control, but as a front to back film, it's just forgettable entertainment at best. ...

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After.Life (2009) Movie Review | BeyondHollywood.com | Movie and ...

The film intentionally bounces back and forth around the answer as the characters struggle to figure it out for themselves. “After.Life” is a well-constructed film. Visually it looks great, every frame is intricately set and constructed, ... Life” it is apparent that Wojtowicz-Vosloo is a talented filmmaker, and that she has a bright future. There are a couple of moments where she forces the tension where it doesn't fit, like a scene where Anna frantically tries to escape ...

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Observations on film art : Tintinopolis

The displays trace many of the situations and characters that Hergé borrowed from films of the 1920s and the 1930s. There's also a filmed biography of Hergé screening on a loop. The second floor was what held my interest most intently. One room includes a huge display of research .... Now the framing will get even tighter on Tintin and Zloty, losing Sarcophagus altogether, and the window will become more salient, even though it's still a minor element of each design. ...

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Predators (2010) « And You Thought It Was… Safe(?)

Kevin Peter Hall's body is even more conspicuously absent…and I wonder if George Lucus couldn't be bothered to digitize the presence and body language he brought to the first two films, sell it back to Robert Rodriquez, and thus torpedo the Spy ... So much so that I suspect the film may have triggered a minor schitzophrenic episode. For a moment, it seemed I found myself in an alternate 2010, where filmmakers added and expanded upon aspects of pre-existing characters and ...

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The Wire Rewind: Season 3, Episode 9 - Slapstick (Veterans edition ...

Or perhaps everyone's dwelling on future endings simply because the present is such a series of ridiculous catastrophes. There's the shooting in Hamsterdam, and that in turn leads to Carver's well-intentioned but sloppy plan to drag ... Prez is a relatively minor character in "The Wire" scheme of things, but how good is Jim True-Frost when called to serve in this episode's second half? He's fantastic in the scene where Daniels tries to reassure him in Landsman's office ...

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