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: martin campbell
Green Lantern (2011) Blu-ray
As far as comic book adaptations, this might very well be a respectful interpretation of the original material, down to the hokey setup and ridiculous propaganda and universal truth-making, but none of which makes me like it any more. So much of what’s wrong with Green Lantern is what it “is” and “isn’t”, what is stuffed in a soggy plot that if removed, if excised by an articulate director like Christopher Nolan or Aronofsky would have amounted to anything else – instead of a franchise killer. 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, blake lively, Blu-ray Elite for Warner Home Video, comic book adapation, dc comics, green lantern, martin campbell, peter sarsgaard, practical movie reviews, rory dean, ryan reynolds, Warner Bros. Entertainment
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Edge of Darkness (2010) – Gibson Returns
An intense ride that keeps you guessing with original dialog and thought out characters – Edge of Darkness is a must watch for Gibson fans new and old; it’s time to put his indiscretions behind us – remember Robert Downey Jr. and his escapades? Now he’s Iron Man. Mel Gibson can be our Braveheart again if we let him. Continue reading
Posted in On DVD
Tagged danny houston, edge of darkness, martin campbell, mel gibson, movie review, rory dean
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