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Above the Line: Practical Movie Reviews- Some Safety Glass Distance (2013) May 11, 2013Writing is in my blood, it makes me feel connected to an often overwhelming sense of disconnectedness. Continue reading →rorydean
- Argo (2012) April 6, 2013So "Argo" should be on your list of movies to watch if you've missed it up to now. Be advised that the thrills come in bite-fulls and the story is much more about an ensemble cast than any one particular player. This has double feature written all over it. Pick up a couple of other movies while you're at it and if all goes South in a hurr […]rorydean
- 629 March 30, 2013This filmic is a multi-layered visual experience that takes place not in the dream-world but along the road that surrounds it. Continue reading →bleuravyn
- I Melt With You (2011) March 1, 2013“I Melt With You” feels like the mid-life rights of passage you've heard about or are living, the runway that many men land and take off from. Gathered for many drinks with the best friends of their lives quickly becomes a dangerous Bacchanalia of doomed ritualizing, darkly lit and disturbing yet familiar to anyone who has ever fallen off the beaten pat […]rorydean
- Female Directors Redux February 27, 2013Reblogged from Above the Line: Female Directors Redux - Women in Film in Hollywood and beyond After reviewing my original list "Female Directors - Above and Beyond a Call to Duty" and discussing female filmmakers with a variety of film aficionados, … Continue reading →rorydean
- Some Safety Glass Distance (2013) May 11, 2013
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Jack Goes Boating (2010)
At the core of the story are the archetypical struggles of love, friendship, and mistakes all pulling and pulling as if a rhythm that has no beginning or end but in perpetuity like breath and heartbeats that must be transferred between the sick and the old, the living and the dying. Friends sometimes remind you how alone you feel most of the time, especially when your dreams are no more realizable than theirs. New York looms, it is cold and distant, an anonymity that is both rewarding and relentlessly vacuous. Continue reading
Posted in Essays on Film, Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See
Tagged above the line, actor directors, amy ryan, bob glaudini, daphne rubin-vega, directorial debut, indie films, jack goes boatman, john ortiz, labryrinth theater company, movie, movie reviews, peter dubois, phillip seymour hoffman, rory dean, theater directors, theater in ny
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Season of the Witch (2011)
All that to say, Season of the Witch is watchable for the most part but save some money, stay home, wait for it to be released on DVD and rent it so you can enjoy it in the space of your own home. Besides, you might have some vacuuming to do or the first chance all day to read the newspaper and in the background Season of the Witch can cover up the neighbor’s dogs barking or rush hour traffic returning home after a long day at work. Continue reading
Posted in In Theaters Now!, Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See
Tagged above the line practical movie reviews, bragi f. schut, dominic sena, fantasy movies of 2011, fantasy sci-fi adventure movies, holy wars, movie reviews, nicolas cage, ron pearlman, rory dean, season of the witch, witch movies, witches in movies
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Joan Rivers (2010) A Piece Of Work
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work is part documentary part reality television turned in on itself as if to capture both the viewer and the subject in the quasi space that only truly exists where the past and the present merge – turning legend into lore and sometimes the other way around. Continue reading
Posted in Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, My Review of Their Review:, On DVD, Online, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely
Tagged 2010 documentaries, a piece of work, Annie Sundberg, comedianne, documentary, documentary reviews, Joan Alexandra Molinsky Sanger Rosenberg, joan rivers, Johnny Carson, johnny carson guest host, melissa rivers, movie reviews, No good deed goes unpunished, Ricki Stern, rory dean, tonight show guest host
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The Social Network (2010)
The Social Network — Have you friended someone lately? Continue reading
Posted in Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, My Review of Their Review:, On DVD, Online, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves
Tagged 2010 movies, aaron sorking, above the line movies, andrew garfield, armie hammer, armie hammer jr, bob mondello's reviews, cameron winklevoss, david edelsteins reviews, david fincher, facebook, jesse eisenberg, justin timberlake, mark zuckerberg, roger eberts reviews, rory dean, social networking, the social network, tyler winklevoss
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The American (2010)
It’s not that Anton Corbign’s (Control) The American with George Clooney is a bad film. It’s not a film that you should miss, nor is it one that you should particularly run out to watch. What it is might not be at all what others have complained about – an action film wrapped in the faux sheep’s clothing of a character study. Yet in typical George Clooney fashion, it has its charms so don’t be fooled. Continue reading
