Monthly Archives: April 2006

Big Love

Posted on 4/11/2006 by jeff

OK “The Sopranos” . . . cool, yipee, etc. BUT. I’m really enjoying “Big Love.” At first I had a hard time finding my way in (as if I want to watch a show about a man who worries about … Continue reading →

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Brick

Posted on 4/11/2006 by jeff

This is a pretty cool film–a too, too bright California noir set in a metropolitan SoCal high school. Imagine Dashiell Hammett writing a script for the UPN’s “Veronica Mars” with Fritz Lang directing and you get a pretty good idea … Continue reading →

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The Five Obstructions (2003)

Posted on 4/8/2006 by gio

this film is credited to jorgen leth as a director, but if you watch it you’ll be hard pressed not to think it is in fact directed by lars von trier. this is, of course, on the assumption that the … Continue reading →

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Thank You for Smoking

Posted on 4/3/2006 by mauer

Funny. Well-acted. Well-directed. Aaron Eckhart is not the angry, misogynistic asshole here that he did so incredibly well in The Company of Men. He’s a guy that wants to spend more time with his kid, and play the game that … Continue reading →

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