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Monthly Archives: October 2012
The Cabin in the Woods: The Slayer has left the building
*SPOILER ALERT* If you want to go into this movie knowing as little as possible about it, you should probably wait to read this post till after you’ve watched it. I’m not a fan of horror movies. I watched this one … Continue reading
Argo: Fake Film, Real Lives
Argo is a great, polished suspense film – unshowy in its period details and confident in its use of plotting and editing devices to ramp up the sweaty-palms tension. It convincingly depicts and balances three different milieus in 1979-80: Tehran; … Continue reading
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Fall TV Smorgasbord, part 2
The Good Wife: I came for the ripped-from-the-headlines infidelity scandal, I stayed for the razor-sharp characters, intricate plotting, and stellar performances. The show is a meditation on power, closely examining the intrigue and shifting alliances of the power plays within … Continue reading
Posted in TV
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Fall TV Smorgasbord
Hi, folks! I’ve been on the road for a while, visiting family and drinking lots of sweet tea in the South. What with all the Fall TV premieres, I figured I’d write short blurbs on all the stuff I’ve watched … Continue reading