Monthly Archives: March 2005

Cop Land

Posted on March 22, 2005

Years go by and I watch movies a second or third time, making me wonder why it isn’t more highly regarded, didn’t do better at the box office. James Mangold’s Cop Land, originally released in 1997, is exactly that kind … Continue reading →

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Battle of Algiers, The (La Battaglia di Algeri)

Posted on March 20, 2005

Had been recommended this 1965 French movie some time ago in a long and windy AskMefi discussion of classic, forgotten non-English language films and put it in the request queue at the Mountain View Public Library since, fortunately for me, … Continue reading →

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Runaway Jury

Posted on March 15, 2005

At the time of its initial release two years ago this John Grisham novel-sourced film got such bad reviews that even though I’m a big John Cusack fan and had enjoyed the novel quite a bit I completely ignored it. … Continue reading →

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Thief

Posted on March 13, 2005

After seeing Heat again the other day, I noticed Mann’s 1981 similar themed Thief coming on one of the movie channels and put it on the Tivo’s to do list. Yesterday I sat down to watch the movie and was … Continue reading →

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Pacifier, The

Posted on March 6, 2005

We were a bit restless after dinner last night and planning on seeing this Vin Diesel comedy sooner rather than later, so TS1 and I got off our duffs and went to the 9:00 showing. Despite generally poor reviews, we … Continue reading →

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Heat

Posted on March 5, 2005

Released in 1995, Heat established Michael Mann as masterful film director. Mann was, of course, already famous for creating TV series Miami Vice, but his previous movies were respectable at best; after this he delivered The Insider, Ali and Collateral. … Continue reading →

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