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Sim Sin City

By alex | Published: 4/4/2005
I talked to some students about Sin City today, and one of them noted he didn’t like it, but he wasn’t “a fan of comic books.” I really liked it, despite not having seen the original graphic novel. The art of the film stands on its own. If you remember the scene from Schindler’s list […]
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Steamboy

By alex | Published: 3/19/2005
Went to see Steamboy yesterday. (And yes, this has become a movie mini-review site.) I won’t say it was terrible, but it was disappointing. It may be that old nemessis: overly high expectations. If I could just convince myself to go to movies with very low expectations, I’d probably enjoy more of them. The reason […]
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Ong-bak

By alex | Published: 3/15/2005
I remember going to see Jackie Chan’s and Jet Li’s films before both became bankable action stars in the US. Their films have something in common with Woody Allen flicks. In most cases, if you go to the theater when I do — mostly matinees — you are probably going to be sharing the theater […]
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Take on me!

By alex | Published: 2/27/2005
OK, I don’t have much to say about this except that I haven’t been so excited about an animated feature in a while. Or, more consicely: Dude. A Scanner Darkly preview
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