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Wait Until Dark
(1967) |
6.5 /10 |
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adaptation of well known play feels, well, just like a play. Hepburn is decent
as recently injured blind woman who inadvertently becomes center of elaborate
deception by low level thugs to retrieve a missing doll full of drugs.
Cat’n’mouse game is entertaining, if implausible, and Alan Arkin’s seedy bad
guy gives an otherwise “safe” feeling movie a sense of danger. Climatic face
off occurs in long moments of complete blackness which, while gimmicky, does
create sufficient suspense. [English,
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Waking Life
(2001) |
7.5
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Insightful commentary
on life, bordering pretentious at times, linked together by unprecedented
frame-by-frame animation of live action footage. Artistic style varies
from segment to segment, with some clearly more effective than others. Sky's the limit on it's creative options
for Linklater, but this
only gets past the tree line a few times. There's a better movie waiting to be
made with this technique.
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Wet Hot American Summer
(2001) |
6.5
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While spoofing
early 80’s camp comedies may seem redundant, the mockery of dated clichés is
surprisingly effective here…at least when stupidity stays in check. Janeane Garofalo
plays herself (as usual), opposite David Hyde Pierce who shows comedic range
as socially inept astrophysicist. Though some subplots are too absurd (NASA
space waste?), others yield hilarious results, as with delusional chef.
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We Were Soldiers
(2002) |
3
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"Ok I got it: take the most overused war
clichés in the history of
film, toss them into a Vietnam story staring Mel Gibson, skip
characterization, have lots of people get shot unexpectedly, blow things up
with Napalm, don't bother explaining the battle, kill everyone except for
you-know-who, drench it in patriotism, and then have Mel tear up in the end!
What do ya say?" - "Let's make it!" [English, 138min,
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Wild Man Blues
(1997) |
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Documentary
chronically European tour of Woody Allen's jazz band gives mild insight into
the life of this famous neurotic. Allen comes across as a more reserved
version of his frantic screen self, though still whinny, funny, and overly
compulsive. Unfortunately, movie fails to dig deep enough into his persona,
as focus is more on his music skills (which are quite good) than what makes
him tick. Ridiculed relationship with Soon-Yi actually makes sense once seen
firsthand.
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