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• Review: Avatar (279)
  • Kurt Halfyard: Henrik, I believe that sort of reasoning (Andrew’s points) is that it is baffling that the film has been...
  • Henrik: Points against Avatar: 1) I watched another movie that is better. 2) I watched another movie that had great visual...
  • Andrew James: Two things more on Avatar. 1) Rewatched Scherfig’s An Education last night. Anyone who thinks that...
• Review: Green Zone (4)
  • Kurt Halfyard: “If you didn’t know what happened from the outset of United 93, it’d be a far less good film.” My own personal...
  • Henrik: “If you didn’t know what happened from the outset of United 93, it’d be a far less good film.” Huh? Based...
  • Kurt: And United 93 is more a telling of the filmmaker fucking with his audience rather than necessarily going for a great...
  • Kurt: I concur with most of this. The one thing that makes the Bourne movies so good as a cultural barometer (for distrust of...
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: Short Takes Vol. 1 (3)
  • Jandy Stone: David, exactly on The Graduate – I think it’s really hard to relate to Benjamin and where he’s...
  • kurt: Ha. I’m also a dunce in that I’ve not seen M*A*S*H or The Graduate. I’m rather familiar with the TV...
  • David Brook: Yeah, again my thoughts exactly on McCabe. That audio mix is brutal, I actually put the subtitles on for a bit...
• R3view: Alice in Wonderland (2010) (18)
  • Andrew James: “As a spectacle Alice is horrible (I hope we can agree on that?).” No.
  • rot: no I agree there is absolutely no common ground between us here
  • kurt: To each their own, but Alice’s journey through Underland is sort of a tour-bus type approach, but it his her DREAM,...
  • rot: no drive, exactly David, scenes just hung there and felt devoid of energy or sentiment. I sometimes, though not lately,...
  • David Brook: Just to add to that, when I said I thought the story was just one scene after another, that’s not to say...
  • David Brook: I was thinking about bringing up Avatar before too but chose not to. Personally I much preferred Avatar....
• Review: You, The Living (2)
  • Bob Turnbull: “Songs From The Second Floor” isn’t released on DVD in your neck of the woods David?...
  • David Brook: It looks and sounds incredible, I’ve heard you guys singing it’s praises a lot and keep meaning to...
• Talk Amongst Yourselves (8)
  • Nathan Chase: Hey Andrew, Just wanted to point out it’s Flickchart (not Flikchart). Also, anyone can rank their favorite...
  • David Brook: Big and The Burbs are awesome beyond the nostalgia factor, Dragnet is almost there, but I imagine a lot of his...
  • Bob Turnbull: Stay clear of “Bonfire Of The Vanities”. Not only is it bad, it’s boring. I re-watched it...
  • Andrew James: eh, Volunteers is terrible. Bachelor Party is mediocre (barely). Do love some Dragnet and The burbs though.
  • Kurt: Punchline ain’t no prize, but it has its moments, I still remember bits and pieces, particularly John...
• No Caption Necessary [Bill Murray] (1)
  • Marc Saint-Cyr: Being the huge Wes Anderson fan I am, I’m furious at myself for missing this in theatres. I’ll be...
• The Academy doesn’t like Brian Tyler (5)
  • SandChigger: The Children of Dune soundtrack is very nice. It’s just too bad it had to be marred by the lie about the...