Tag Archives: Movie Reviews

My Blog in 2011: Stats Courtesy of WordPress

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.   Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 20,000 times in 2011. If it were … Continue reading →

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‘Take Shelter’ (Movie Review) *** 1/2

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

Powerful, tense, subtle, touching, realistic, hyper-realistic and beautiful. These are the words that come to mind when describing “Take Shelter,” the recent film written and directed by Jeff Nichols. “Take Shelter” is Nichols’ second feature film (a follow-up to 2007′s … Continue reading →

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‘The Thing’ (Movie Review) **

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

Antarctic explorers have discovered an alien space craft. Doctor Sander Halvorson (Ulrich Thomsen) brings a team in to investigate, which includes graduate student Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). The team removes the ice-encased creature from a glacier and brings it back to camp. They … Continue reading →

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‘Contagion’ (Movie Review) ***

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

“Contagion,” the film from director Steven Soderberg, immerses audiences into a realistic and quietly terrifying pandemic.  It starts with a cough.  I’m speaking about both the opening seconds of the movie before you even see anything on the screen and the actual symptoms people experience … Continue reading →

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‘Fright Night’ (Movie Review) ** 1/2

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

“Fright Night” (2011) is a remake of the 1985 film of the same name. I admit that I wanted to be cynical about the newer film, but I cannot be.  The remake is not bad. Charley Brewster, portrayed by Anton … Continue reading →

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Shout Out to The Lamb

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

I am just giving a quick shout out to The LAMB (Large Ass Movie Blog), which was nice enough to mention me today.  You can visit their site here:  http://largeassmovieblogs.blogspot.com/

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