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Movie Review: Penelope (with Christina Ricci)

June 10, 2009

I am a delighted connoisseur of childrens’ movies.  See previous post on how Beauty and the Beast makes me break out in the kind of tears I usually reserve for 75% off  sales.  But you know, lately, there just are not a lot of live-action movies for children out.   Sure, there’s Wall-E and Finding Nemo, but what about with live actors? How am I supposed to relate to a talking fish who not only can swim better than me, but ...

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Movie Review: Taken

March 3, 2009

It’s not often that I am into the same movie that Dan likes.  So, when he picked to see Taken, I was pretty annoyed.  I definitely do not like action movies.  I am more the weepy foreign film/horrendous comedy type of girl.   So I was surprised that I really ended up liking it. Taken, is, essentially, a movie about Liam Neeson kicking major ass.   He is a former special ops/CIA/whatever the government does that we don’t know about agent who ...

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Movie Review: Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם בשיר)

February 2, 2009

Ever since I heard about this movie on NPR, I couldn’t wait to see it. The movie, shot in haunting, dark cartoon style , is about the narrator, Ari Folman, and his experiences during and after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. EDIT: Thanks to Matt for pointing out that it was NOT rotoscoping, as I initially thought, but REAL animation, not taken from live shots, which is even more amazing. It begins as he meets with a friend ...

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