Monthly Archives: August 2007

Dirty Work

Posted on August 31, 2007

I only watched this movie because there was nothing else even remotely interesting and Lance Reddick is so good on The Wire. Reddick is a dirty cop but we’re supposed to think that’s only due to some bad luck and … Continue reading →

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Idiocracy

Posted on August 31, 2007

This 2006 sci-fi comedy from Mike Judge, the man behind Beavis and Butthead, King of the Hill and Office Space, was greatly anticipated by many Judge fans and disappeared without so much as a commercial ripple. Which was too bad … Continue reading →

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Rush Hour 3

Posted on August 21, 2007

After taking down Vegas and Hong Kong, the unlikely pairing of LAPD detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) and Hong Long PD Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) are after the biggest game of all in Paris, the leaders of the Hong … Continue reading →

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Lithium Springs

Posted on August 20, 2007

I was asked to review an independently made movie called Lithium Springs but have nothing positive at all to say, so I will just leave my comment as this note.

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The Prestige

Posted on August 20, 2007

In one of those strange Hollywood coincidences that looked like a game of chicken both sides were determined to not to lose and so both went over the cliff still in the car, two movies about magicians and their loves … Continue reading →

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Hackers

Posted on August 20, 2007

Released in 1995, essentially the eve of the World Wide Web’s unleashing, this is a fascinating mashup of hot teenage lust (Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie in her first lead role) and computer-based corporate blackmail. Watching it again after … Continue reading →

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Miami Vice

Posted on August 7, 2007

Twenty years on Crockett and Tubbs finally make it to the big screen, with Colin Farrell replacing Don Johnson and Jamie Foxx in place of Philip Michael Thomas and a budget commensurate with their star power. Since Michael Mann created … Continue reading →

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Huo Yuan Jia (Jet Li's Fearless)

Posted on August 6, 2007

One cannot deny that I’m a big Jet Li fan. Oddly, and mistakenly, I was reluctant to watch Huo Yuan Jia since I had the impression he’d made an adoration to a man who was his own hero, who’d founded … Continue reading →

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Bourne Ultimatum

Posted on August 5, 2007

Longtime readers will remember that I was a huge fan of both Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy; indeed this was my most anticipated movie of the entire summer big budget season and, frankly, the first in a long time I … Continue reading →

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Little Miss Sunshine

Posted on August 5, 2007

A surprise ‘major indie’ comedy from last summer, this gem about an extra-quirky six person family is from the pen of Michael Arndt and enabled him to (finally?) quit his long time position as Matthew Broderick’s assistant. Most people pointed … Continue reading →

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