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horrified

posted by adam on 09.10.2007

I have come to see the gift the horror genre has to offer the world.
Let me say this first: I know many people who would firmly assert the opinion that the horror genre has no gift to offer at all. They would argue that horror, whether you are talking about books or movies, has no […]

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number 5

posted by adam on 07.12.2007

I attended a midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on Tuesday night, which, I know, makes me a phenomenal geek. But, like hundreds of others at the same theater, I just couldn’t wait to see what this newest installment in the film series would be like.
I was not disappointed.
I won’t […]

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institutionalized

posted by adam on 07.11.2007

In the film The Shawshank Redemption, Morgan Freeman’s character explains the concept of institutionalization to his fellow inmates:
“He’s just institutionalized, that’s all…Man’s been here fifty years. This place is all he knows. In here, he’s an important man, an educated man. A librarian. Out there, he’s nothing but a used-up old con with arthritis in […]

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top 5 foreign films: #1

posted by adam on 03.06.2007

Here we are—my favorite foreign film. Now, in fairness to the many great filmmakers worldwide, there are a lot of foreign films I have not seen and I’m sure some would have made my list if I had seen them. But this is my list, based on what I have seen. And here we are […]

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top 5 foreign films: #2

posted by adam on 03.05.2007

Pan’s Labyrinth was robbed. It didn’t even get the nomination for Best Motion Picture of the Year it deserved, most likely because it was a foreign film, and it did not win Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, for which it was nominated. (It did, however, win Oscars for Best Achievement in Art Direction, […]

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top 5 foreign films: #3

posted by adam on 02.27.2007

A small French village is being terrorized by what the people simply call “the beast.” A biologist sent by the king believes it may be a wolf, but quickly learns that the beast’s victims could not have been attacked and bitten by any normal wolf. The plot twists and turns—there is considerably more happening than […]

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top 5 foreign films: #4

posted by adam on 02.26.2007

I am quite certain that my more conservative readers have not seen what one critic called “One of the most erotic movies ever made,” but that’s their loss.
Sex and Lucia is not going to be featured at the next Puritan Film Festival, but that doesn’t make it a bad film. It is, on the contrary, […]

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