Monthly Archives: January 2012

Some Recent Action Movies (now with Vampires)

Posted on 1/22/2012 by Chris

Pick of the bunch is Haywire, easily the best action thriller since the third Bourne movie, and more evidence of Steven Soderbergh’s astonishing range. The story of a betrayed covert operative, Mallory (played by MMA champion Gina Carano) wreaking revenge … Continue reading →

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Melancholia

Posted on 1/15/2012 by john

I don’t think anyone has posted on Lars von Trier’s latest film yet, though I see at least one of us has expressed an interest in it. Has anyone seen it? We watched it last night and I’m still not … Continue reading →

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What are you staring at?

Posted on 1/12/2012 by reynolds

Toward the end of Cristi Puiu’s Aurora the always unsettled and increasingly unsettling Viorel (played by Puiu) lopes into one of his daughter’s classes, disrupting a party rehearsal. He grabs her, to get her to leave with him, and in … Continue reading →

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