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Cinemarch Madness: Herman Division Poll
March 14, 2013 – 11:53 AM | 16 Comments
Cinemarch Madness: Herman Division Poll

The inevitable division in which I haven’t seen much, alas. A very few words about the films I know, then, starting with Double Indemnity. I watched it for the first time recently (…I know, I …

Strange Frequency
August 23, 2010 – 9:37 AM | 11 Comments
<I>Strange Frequency</I>

I stood in front of the DVD player for a good ninety seconds, staring at Strange Frequency‘s Netflix sleeve and wondering why in the name of beer and skittles I had put an Erik Palladino …

It’s My Party
June 16, 2010 – 12:07 AM | 18 Comments
<I>It’s My Party</I>

A cable channel I watched frequently in the mid-nineties — I don’t remember which one; probably HBO — got the rights to It’s My Party, and the repellent promos, in which a woman simpered “it’s …

Crazy Diamonds: The Wrestler and Criminal Law
June 11, 2009 – 3:30 PM | 32 Comments
Crazy Diamonds: <I>The Wrestler</I> and <I>Criminal Law</I>

I waited to watch The Wrestler, because I did want to see it right when it came out, but the press surrounding Mickey Rourke’s performance quickly grew to a height that dwarfed the film itself …