Monthly Archives: January 2008

There Will Be Blood

Posted on 1/4/2008 by jeff

Wow. I can honestly say I’ve never seen anything like it. Sure, there are echoes of Griffith, Welles, Wyler, Huston, Kubrick, Malick, and Coppola but There Will Be Blood is its own beast—a remarkably assured, unpretentious, muscular work of American … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Crappy Movies

Posted on 1/3/2008 by Chris

I watched 300 yesterday and Shoot ‘Em Up today, neither with great expectations, but at least with the hope of some visceral pleasure. 300 was, to my mind, easily the worst 2007 movie that I watched. It’s pretensions to seriousness, … Continue reading →

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