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Premium Rush (2012)
There are no finish lines or flashy answers to what troubles you in Premium Rush, no dating advice or practical instructions on how to ride or not to ride a fixed gear bicycle. The closest you come to...
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Killer Joe (2011)
It is Friedkin’s mannered pursuit of the macabre in his 2011 socio-pathetic amorality tale Killer Joe that elicits gut wrenching contractions, disarming the viewer to uneasy laughter that feels wrong...
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Total Recall (2012)
Arnold’s not back, he was never invited and for good reason. Total Recall is everything a good sci-fi action thriller should be and perhaps it will do better in time, after the nuclear fallout has...
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Commentary on Movies, History and Perspective
What we look for most often when we sit down at the movies is a prevailing sense of having gone somewhere and experienced something. We're looking for fulfillment or some substitute for it, call them...
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"CONTAGION" - 4 1/2 STARS
Steven Soderbergh's movie Contagion as reviewed by Keith and the Movies and Above the Line:Practical Movie Reviews Continue reading →
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Filmmaker and Film Critic makes Movie Blogger Efforts
Writing about movies is about as close to making them as I can get right now and I think it puts me in a unique position to share my thoughts as a bridge for others to fall in love with the how as much...
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Why Write About The Movies We Hate
Apparently I'm not alone. We hate our movies and love them for all sorts of reasons. People hate theaters and theater people, they hate other movie goers and especially critics; that goes for bloggers...
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Deep Blue Sea (1999)
For all the shark movies in all the deep sea voyages in the world, the sweet hereafter in "Deep Blue Sea" is living it up in the moment and being OK with forgetting it by morning. Send picky for a walk...
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Is Measure the Foundation of the Beautiful?
Istoria serves as a starting point for this painting, a place to construct a landscape rich in the representation of figures and movements bestowed with grace, beauty, and propriety. I agree with the...
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Lady Gaga’s Applause: Sanzen the Master Rings the Bell
When I staggered over the Kewpie Doll of Pop's latest wizdom I was instantly compelled to object, no matter how much I might fall victim to her sticky web of sensationalism. I don't know if a pop...
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Game of Thrones
Prepare yourself for smart and articulate tones, a broad and artful universe taken masterfully from an adaptation that respectfully brings the source material to the screen. Faithful to followers and...
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Stand Up for Pain in the Oblivion of Pines
I watch so many movies I often get swept up in the effort to write about all of them in an effective and coherent way. Monday to Wednesday and I'm already behind, by Friday I'll be right back here...
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Twixt (2011)
“Twixt” is about dead-end roads and the distracted ambition of the travelers we find there in a makeshift world about middle grounds between dreams and the indecision of lost souls. We are invitees to...
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Blow Salon ‘Spring Art Show’ features Melissa K. Smith
Blow Salon’s Spring Art Show features the acrylic painting “Veilbreaker” by Bay Area native and multi-disciplinarian Melissa K. Smith. Melissa lives and works in the Bay Area as a fine artist,...
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Concussion (2013)
Writer-Director Stacie Passon’s 2013 film “Concussion” masterfully crafts the complexity of inward glances to produce a quality of deafening silence that fills the screen with the unconveyable voracity...
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The Triumphant Returns And Spectacular Failures of Blogging in Hollywoodland
Blogging for the people that read blogs about people retiring from the spotlight for ten minutes and then in a desperate thirst for one more headline slipping back as though they never quit at all is...
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Gravity (2013)
Despite the overwhelming positivism, both in reviews and ratings and award show gold, "Gravity" suffers from the same nausea ad infinitum that often relegates it to little more than a snappily dressed...
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What Happened To The Reality In Reality Television?
It is this planetary hold on the countless that tells us all that we need to know - there is no reality in reality television. We have no electron beam scanners or superheated charged gas combustion...
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Fotografo | Pictorialist | Raconteur
My photos are part Blow Salon's group Fall Art Show 2014, available from August through November in Berkeley, California. Prints of varying sizes, framed and unframed are available. Please contact me...
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