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This page is dedicated to assorted ramblings about film. The pieces may or may not actually review the films that they discuss. They are in no way meant to recommend that you see the film, nor am I going to try to steer you away from something that you really want to see. The films [...]

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The subject for this entry is admittedly broad, as there are tens of things that are paradoxes regarding spending extended time in a hotel. However, today I am merely focusing on one aspect – the thickness of the walls.

For whatever reason hotel walls are usually fairly thin, and you end up hearing things from the [...]

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Stranger Than Fiction
Written by Zach Helm and Directed by Marc Forster
Starring Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal

Derek Wyman sits in his car writing this review on a legal pad by the light of the one functioning street lamp in the parking lot of the movie theater. He is trying to get the breadth [...]

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Alright, I know I overuse that tag line, but it seems fitting this time. After many years of procrastination, I am committed to bringing back my Film Review section. And, in a disgustingly transparent attempt at seeming genuine, my first steps in this re-endeavor will be to repost a few of the very old essays [...]

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Directed by Michel Gondry
Starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet

First things first, the movie was wonderful, but the ending broke the parable.
If it had ended with the two of them in the car and without all the Kirsten Dunst mailing out the letters crap, it would have held together much [...]

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Bedazzled (2000)
Directed by Harold Ramis
Starring Brendan Frasier and Elizabeth Hurley

Admittingly, I went into this movie with reservations. The original 1968 version, starring Dudley Moore and Peter Cook, is among my favorite films.
The first thing that struck me, remains the most important aspect of the film: Elizabeth Hurley is hot, simple as that. If you [...]

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Fight Club
Written by Jim Uhls and Directed by David Fincher
Starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt

There is an enormous amount of wealth in the world. But, 99% of the wealth is held by no more than two or three percent of the population. If you looked closely at the financial worth of the remaining 97% of [...]

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