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12/31: Smash His Camera
January 12, 2015 – 10:12 PM | No Comment
12/31: <em>Smash His Camera</em>

Or, “The Amour Fou-to Between Jackie O And The Godfather Of American Paparazzi.”

The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: Grosse Pointe Blank
January 12, 2015 – 9:05 AM | 19 Comments
The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: <em>Grosse Pointe Blank</em>

Reader Rayvyn is shooting to kill with a Cusack joint.

11/31: Shenandoah
January 11, 2015 – 11:33 AM | No Comment
11/31: <em>Shenandoah</em>

One of the things I love best about 31 Films In 31 Days is the subpatterns that emerge.

10/31: Nightcrawler
January 10, 2015 – 2:23 PM | 3 Comments
10/31: <em>Nightcrawler</em>

What a performance by Jake Gyllenhaal — and what a performance by Dan Gilroy.

9/31: Into The Woods
January 10, 2015 – 7:21 AM | 11 Comments
9/31: <em>Into The Woods</em>

“Oh dear. How uneasy I feel. Perhaps it’s all the sweets.” – my new ringtone.

8/31: Happy Christmas
January 8, 2015 – 5:05 PM | 4 Comments
8/31: <em>Happy Christmas</em>

The last scene in Happy Christmas — technically not a scene — is its best, and most frustrating.

7/31: Gone Girl
January 7, 2015 – 7:09 PM | 8 Comments
7/31: <em>Gone Girl</em>

I really wanted to like Gone Girl, and I thought I might reaaaaally hate it, because I gave up on the book 15 pages in.

6/31: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009)
January 6, 2015 – 2:07 PM | 8 Comments
6/31: <em>The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo</em> (2009)

Nothing beats grudgingly watching one of the “Why’s this on here?”s in the ol’ Netflix queue and having an unexpectedly good time.

5/31: Boyhood
January 5, 2015 – 3:43 PM | 3 Comments
5/31: <em>Boyhood</em>

I watched Boyhood a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been trying to find a way into my write-up ever since.

4/31: Foxcatcher
January 4, 2015 – 12:20 PM | 4 Comments
4/31: <em>Foxcatcher</em>

“But it’s still a true crime story bloated into looking significant,” David Edelstein sighs of Foxcatcher in his review, and I concur with the “bloated into looking significant” part while having to take issue with …