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: Leonardo DiCaprio
J. Edgar (2011) – Blu-ray
J. Edgar the film seems most at odds with J. Edgar the man, Eastwood’s investment in character missing important revelations, turning to history for answers to a life we never fully get to know over the course of the film. If J. Edgar succeeds at all in proves Eastwood’s ability to survive even if the memory of this movie does not. 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 above the line, armie hammer, biopic, clint eastwood, fbi, federal bureau of investigation, j.edgar, king of secrets, Leonardo DiCaprio, mr.practicalreviews, Naomi Watts, practical movie reviews, rory dean, secrets keeper, tom stern
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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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The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Sam Raimi’s 1995 film The Quick and the Dead consists of one staged gunfight after another, played out the traditional way, two people stand a so distance apart and at the crack of a particularly well maintained clock, they open fire until either one is dead, dying, or flaps their arms in defeat. This is the kind of story you’d find in the twenty-five cent comic books at the grocery store, remember those? Not the popular ones like Archie and Superman or even Spiderman, the latter which at least turned into successful movie franchises, because those cost more, maybe even a dollar at the time. What we’re left with are little surprises and every conceivable way to cheat the audience with gimmickry, chicanery, and cinematic buffoonery. Continue reading
Shutter Island
If the abuse and misuse of such talented actors were not enough for you to steer clear of Shutter Island, you might consider the tag line warning enough “Someone is missing”. Dare I say it was the director? Continue reading
Posted in Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, On DVD
Tagged above the line, ben kinsley, dennis lehane, emily mortimer, laeta kalogridis, Leonardo DiCaprio, mark ruffalo, martin scorsese, max von sydow, michelle williams, patricia clarkson, practical movie reviews, rory dean, shuttter island
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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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