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Order Of The Shallows: Australian Open 2018
January 22, 2018 – 12:17 PM | 2 Comments
Order Of The Shallows: Australian Open 2018

New year, new rankings…new blood on the panel!

The Dark Knight Rises: Armored in our mistakes
December 28, 2012 – 2:59 PM | 9 Comments
<I>The Dark Knight Rises</I>: Armored in our mistakes

It isn’t put together very well, the story, but it has such affection for its characters, and it believes uncynically in what it’s trying to be, and it is trying to be a sad, beautiful …

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
February 22, 2010 – 8:20 AM | 11 Comments
<I>The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus</I>

Roger Ebert, though he feels more generously towards it than I, sums up my reaction to the movie in his January 6 review:
My problem with Gilliam’s films is that they lack a discernible storyline. I …

The Dark Knight
July 29, 2008 – 1:18 PM | 48 Comments
<I>The Dark Knight</I>

Warning: Contains spoilers.
I can’t figure out why I like the Bale Batmans so much (foxy Bale himself aside). Both movies lean heavily on storytelling maneuvers that I tend to hate, and both movies arrived in …

Brokeback Mountain
March 5, 2007 – 3:16 AM | No Comment

I expected it to be really overrated, especially Heath Ledger, and I am thrilled to report that it was excellent, and that Ledger is really a treat to watch — just an amazing performance, and …