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Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
4 stars
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From the beginning, the screech of the score & the unnerving tang of the metal against rock set the tone. Not unlike Saving Private Ryan, the first 15 or so minutes of this movie are painful to watch. There’s no dialogue, no flashy MTV-style editing. Just Daniel Day-Lewis in a shaft. A filthy, life-threatening shaft.

Directed by Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi
3.5 stars
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This film is exactly why I don’t like knowing too much about a film prior to seeing it. Going into the theatre, I expected to view a film in which I wouldn’t be able to tell which black & white drawing was the main character & also in which I would see & hear a lot of political rhetoric about Iran.

Y’know … just in case.

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Directed by: Andy Fickman
2 stars
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“Shakespeare. I did this movie because of Shakespeare.”
- one of the actresses in the movie who made her debut in a “reality” film

Directed by: George Clooney
4 stars
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I think it’s well-established by now that I don’t like talking about movies within 24 hours of viewing them.

That being said, not five minutes after exiting the theatre, I told my friend, “I can say with 99.5% certainty that I will not veer from this opinion right now. I liked this movie.”

Directed by: Joss Whedon
3 stars
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Considering I’m a HUGE fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it goes without saying that I’m a Joss Whedon fan.

However, I’m not particularly a fan of SciFi nor did I ever watch even one episode of the television series, “Firefly,” upon which this movie was based. Yet.

Directed by: Eli Roth
3 stars
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Alright so I kinda feel like I need to write this in a sorta Tarantino-esque type voice, y’know? Because I kept seeing him on the late night talk show circuit, alright? & that’s just the p.o.v. that I get when thinking about reviewing this movie, y’know?

Alright so everybody pretty much knows the plot of the story, alright?

Directed by: Woody Allen
2 stars
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From the start, I felt nothing for the main character. Nothing. He didn’t impress me, in fact, he seemed a little off-putting. But then again, I’m not at one with the British society elite.

Then Tom walked in. I would much rather watch a movie about Tom’s antics than anything that ole what’s-his-face did, even if it was murder.

Directed by: Steven Spielberg
4 stars
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I’m going to try and forget all about the old woman whose perfume bottle apparently exploded all over her who sat right next to me when there was an entire theatre full of seats and concentrate on the movie itself. Which is hard to do when it smells like every single lady at Saks’ perfume row sprayed at the exact same time.

Directed by: Ang Lee
4 stars

::spoiler alert - & not just for this film::