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: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Premium Rush (2012)
There are no finish lines or flashy answers to what troubles you in Premium Rush, no dating advice or practical instructions on how to ride or not to ride a fixed gear bicycle. The closest you come to learning anything comes from that tiny voice inside your head screaming at you to “GO FAST!”. So strap on the jet pack of whatever wheels can carry your imagination and escape the steering wheel or office cubicle before you get lost in the intersections of other people’s’ lives. Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray, Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, On DVD, Online
Tagged above the line, Bicycle messenger, bike messenger, David Koepp, fixed gear, fixer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, michael shannon, new york, practical movie reviews, Premium Rush, rory dean, Secret Window, Shia LaBeouf, Stir of Echoes
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Looper (2012)
Rian Johnson’s most exceptional mind bender flick “Looper” feels like the perfect blend of familiar and refreshingly different. While it treads dangerously close to common grounds, thankfully, almost defiantly in drives home the adage that less really is more when it comes to films about time travel. Johnson’s second film (his first, Brick) straddles sameitude with all the gusto of a blood spattered, fresh-faced Tarantino before he became a pop culture junkie hooked on the smack of parody, strung out on satire and obsessed with testifying to the choir of popular opinion. Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray, Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, On DVD
Tagged 2012 films, Bruce Willis, Die Hard, Emily Blunt, hooked on the smack of parody, inception, jeff daniels, Johnson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, limitless, Looper, original screenplay, pop culture junkie, R rated, Rian Johnson, source code, time travel
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Inception (2010) Blu-ray
Perhaps that is the answer after all is said and done, the true marker of accomplishment and success of a film, is that it lives in the audience gathered, the moments of it. Inception is not simply what is seen or what exists in whatever form it takes for you – theDVDor Blu-ray or the Digital Download, it is a fleeting reflection, the light flittering 24 frames of truth or something like it, experiences that ultimately affect us even if only briefly, a little bit, the emotional buoyancy of possibility. Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray, Blu-ray Elite for Warner Home Video, Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, My Review of Their Review:, On DVD, Online, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely
Tagged 2010 movies, above the line, batman begins, blockbusters, Blu-ray Elite for Warner Home Video, christopher nolan, Cillian Murphy, dark knight rises, dream thieves, dreamscapes, ellen page, franchise, inception, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, marion cotillard, practical movie reviews, rory dean, the dark knight, Tom Hardy, warner bros.
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Inception (2010)
Despite popular opinion, Christopher Nolan didn’t invent the summer blockbuster any more than he was the first person to try peanut butter and chocolate in the same bite. All the pieces are there, big named stars and gun fire, ridiculous and unbelievable plot points that don’t just bump into one another but get lost like children in a field too enamored with the cornstalks to answer when mommy calls. Continue reading
Posted in In Theaters Now!, Movie I've Seen, Movie Makers & Shakers, Movies You Should or Should Not See, On DVD, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely
Tagged above the line, batman begins, christopher nolan, Cillian Murphy, dark knight, dark knight rises, dream thieves, dreams, ellen page, franchises, inception, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lukas Haas, michael caine, movie reviews, movies about dreams, Pete Postlethwaite, rory dean, summer blockbuser, tom berenger, Tom Hardy, warner bros.
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