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2016 log (9)

  (5 Sep) Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997, Jan de Bont)27 [ “That’s a stupid idea.” Here’s “Speed 2”, or “Digital Readout: The Movie”, in which “computer psycho” Willem Dafoe magically plants bombs or whatnot and takes control of all the systems on a cruise ship, with convenient digital readouts on everything letting us know how much time is left before this or that stupid…

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2007 log (3)

(1 Mar) The Last Mimzy (2007, Robert Shaye)23 [ Read my interview with Shaye in Voir ] (2 Mar) Zodiac (2007, David Fincher) [ review ] 59 (5 Mar) I Think I Love My Wife (2007, Chris Rock)41 [ Vite, on produit un remake hollywoodien de “L’Amour l’après-midi” d’Éric Rohmer : à qui faites-vous appel pour scénariser, réaliser et jouer dans cette nouvelle version de…

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2008 log (2)

(1 Feb) Into the Sun (2005, mink)66 [ Um, ok. This is one of those DTV flicks Steven Seagal keeps making (and Vern keeps reviewing) but, surprisingly, it’s not all that cheap and generic. For one, it was shot in Tokyo and is sort of an American take on Asian action cinema, with Yakuza shoot-outs and swordfights. It’s no “Kill Bill”, mind, but still… And…

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2007 log (6)

(2 Jun) Catch Me If You Can (2002, Steven Spielberg)[ review ]91 (4 Jun) Hostel: Part II (2007, Eli Roth)54 [ It starts like a crappy straight-to-video sequel, with badly incorporated flashbacks recapping the first movie and that most lame of horror movie tricks, the BOO!-no, wait, it-was-a-nightmare scare. Plus we’re still with the surviving jackass from the original played by Jay Hernandez but, thankfully,…

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2012 LOG (8)

(9 Aug) Strike! a.k.a. All I Wanna Do (1998, Sarah Kernochan) 70 [ Somehow I’d yet to see this rather provocative, witty and naughty high school movie about teen spirits raging playfully raging against the machine in a conformist prep school which, amazingly enough, predates the somewhat similarly themed and/or toned “Rushmore”, “Lost and Delirious” and “The Trotsky”, among others. If anything, it’s a must-see for…

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2017 log (6)

  (2 Jun) Wonder Woman (2017, Patty Jenkins)67 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (2 Jun) Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003, Douglas Schwartz) [ This reunion TV movie is part soap opera, part T&A, part torture porn (!). Tons of montages, backstory and call-backs that will deeply confuse anyone but die-hard fans of the show. But even as a casual viewer, it’s fun to watch David…

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2012 log (6)

(1 Jun) C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005, Jean-Marc Vallée) [ review ] 85   (9 Jun) Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012, John Shepphird) 32 [ There’s this whole subgenre of cheapie made-for-TV B-movie knockoffs of “Jaws” involving various species of killer fish or reptiles. The latest is this shark slasher flick that, as its title implies, doubles as a spoof of MTV’s already self-parodic reality TV show about spectacularly moronic, trashy and obnoxious…

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2017 log (7)

(2 Jul) Predator (1987, John McTiernan) [ review ] 93 (6 Jul) Game of Death (2017, Sébastien Landry & Laurence “Baz” Morais)87 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (7 Jul) Le problème d’infiltration (2017, Robert Morin)91 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (8 Jul) GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (2012, Brett Whitcomb) [ I binge-watched season one of the GLOW series…

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2016 log (5)

(9 May) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016, Bryan Singer)63 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (13 May) High-Rise (2016, Ben Wheatley)90 (16 May) The Flash S02E21 “The Runaway Dinosaur” (2016, Kevin Smith) [ I’m intrigued by the mix of comic book sci-fi and melodrama but, obviously, seeing this one episode out of context, having never watched “The Flash” before, makes it hard to get everything and feel…

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2016 log (7)

(2 Jul) Love & Mercy (2015, Bill Pohlad)82 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (6 Jul) The Secret Life of Pets (2016, Chris Renaud)67 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (7 Jul) Blow Out (1981, Brian De Palma)95 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (8 Jul) Amy (2015, Asif Kapadia) [ I first became aware of Amy Winehouse because of the “Back to Black” album…

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