Meet the Author - Rory Dean
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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
Tag Archives: contagion
Contagion (2011) Blu-ray
Contagion is hardly the stuff of escapist joy or simple entertainment. Obsessed with clinical detail and distracted by stoic responsibility, Soderbergh robs the film of immediacy and makes intimacy a matter of geography instead of the result of meaningful relationships. Much of what is wrong with Contagion stems from what Soderbergh wanted to achieve as an “epic” yet “intimate” setting. Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 movies, above the line, blu-ray elite, Blu-ray Elite for Warner Home Video, contagion, epidemic, gwyneth paltrow, jude law, kate windslet, laurence fishburne, marrion cotillard, matt damon, outbreak movies, pandemic, practical movie reviews, rory dean, steven soderbergh, virus films, warner bros.
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