Drive was the sleeper hit of the season as director Nicholas Winding Refn brought Ryan Gosling onto the screen as a heist driver who gets into a very bad situation. It’s been a critical darling, often topping end of year lists, but I just could not dig on it. I wouldn’t say I flat out [...]
Posted on March 5th, 2012 by ryan
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Here’s a brief look over the year that was. Best Book Fun & Games – Duane Swierczynski I read this book within days of buying it. It helped I was on holiday, with a bit more time on my hands, but be damned if this thing didn’t rock my socks off. Swierczynski is a household [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2011 by ryan
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Goddamn, this movie is wickedly smart. Clooney has put together an ode to the 70s political thriller. This flick is as sharp as the knives that stab backs every day. Especially in politics. As far as political thrillers go, this one is a grainy shot noir with far too much daylight and just the right [...]
Posted on December 15th, 2011 by ryan
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I saw Sucker Punch. Did I like it…It’s hard to express. It’s not a great movie, and yet I feel like maybe I will actually see it again. For all the failures in the flick, and there are quite a few, there are also some really cool elements. Sometimes you just have to kick back [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2011 by ryan
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C’mon, I’m a kid of the 80s, of course I got this list in me. I don’t think Cameron is the greatest director in the world but there’s surely no doubting he’s one of the finest visionaries of the business. The man sees in leagues and astronomical units. His movies are complete spectacle and success, [...]
Posted on May 31st, 2011 by ryan
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He might not be the greatest auteur in the industry today but he certainly helped provide the score for my formative years. The generation before me had John Hughes, I had Kevin Smith. He warrants a list purely on Chasing Amy so don’t gripe about it just accept it and read on. 1. Chasing Amy [...]
Posted on May 23rd, 2011 by ryan
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Everyone loves Christopher Nolan. I rarely hear anything bad about him and it’s with good reason. The man is a freaking genius. And that’s not hyperbole. He is wicked smart and his movies always reflect this. It’s nice to look through a director’s movies and really have enjoyed all of them and had so many [...]
Posted on May 16th, 2011 by ryan
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Australia got the Thor movie very early so I threw my thoughts up on Gestalt Mash. I really enjoyed the flick, it’s not perfect structurally but there’s no doubting the fun and it’s mostly due to Chris Hemsworth and the expansive nature of the universe being built. This is the sort of comic flick young [...]
Posted on May 3rd, 2011 by ryan
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You might not think he’s a master but he is. The man has done more than you can imagine and now we’re all going to pay him some respect. This list goes out to Fangoria, without whom I would not have known nearly enough. As always, the list is mine, and probably only mine, feel [...]
Posted on April 18th, 2011 by ryan
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He might be relative fresh in the game, or at least seems it with only a handful of flicks to his name, but I don’t think many argue that Fincher is a modern master. He’s become a mainstay at the Oscars. It’s strange that he’s been working the game for around 20 years now. Wow, [...]
Posted on April 11th, 2011 by ryan
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