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: documentary
IMAX Hubble (2011) Blu-ray
In order to fully appreciate this movie it’s important to check your expectations at the door, relax and think of this movie as a little adventure for the junior astronomer inside you, for the universe enthusiast and Star Trek junkie you don’t admit to but can’t deny. This doesn’t mean you have to own a telescope or harbor a deep down appreciation for Tribbles, teleporters and tight tunics on your Sci-Fi action heroes, but it’s helpful if you take an active participation in the experience. Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray, Blu-ray Elite for Warner Home Video, Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, On DVD
Tagged 2011 movies, above the line, blu-ray, blu-ray elite, documentary, hubble, imax, IMAX filmed entertainment, lenardo dicaprio, national aeronautics and space administration, practical movie reviews, rory dean, shuttle atlantis, tony myers, warner bros.
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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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I’m Still Here (2010) So Who Cares?
Perhaps most problematic about the film I’m Still Here, is that the movie lacks a cohesiveness that uses drug and alcohol fueled tirades by Joaquin Phoenix about art and Hollywood, about commerce and creativity to populate otherwise uninteresting hotel rooms and guest houses; I almost half expected to see Roman Polanski appear ala Chinatown in a Fedora looking for a way out as Joaquin tried in vain to convince him to join them for a chat along chain link fence spotted with Warhol-esque screen prints. Continue reading
Posted in Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, My Review of Their Review:, On DVD, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely
Tagged above the line, casey affleck, danny glover, documentary, I'm still here, joaquin phoenix, mocumentary, movie review, roger ebert reviews I'm still here, rory dean, sean combs
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