Monthly Archives: November 2007

The Princess Bride

Posted on November 7, 2007

Though some consider this 1987 historical comedy a classic, I’d never seen the attraction. My mistake, director Rob Reiner (just off the very different Stand By Me) and writer William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Stepford Wives, … Continue reading →

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Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)

Posted on November 7, 2007

Dazzling visuals give this transposed Greek tragedy an epic feel but in the end Curse of the Golden Flower is a tale of betrayal and revenge inside a single family. Chow Yun Fat is the father and Li Gong the … Continue reading →

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Because I Said So

Posted on November 5, 2007

An out and out chick flick, this was our Saturday night date movie with TS1 even bringing the fresh popcorn. A fun way to spend a couple of hours after a day full of English and American football–Liverpool had another … Continue reading →

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Smokin' Aces

Posted on November 5, 2007

Writer/director Joe Carnahan (the less than stellar Narc) was apparently going for a parody of an early ’70s, semi-blaxsploitation type of movie, with plenty of carnage and characters so stereotyped they could have come from Ralph Bakshi’s animation studio in … Continue reading →

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