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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
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This filmic is a multi-layered visual experience that takes place not in the dream-world but along the road that surrounds it. Continue reading
Brave (2012)
“Brave” is about knowing yourself in everything you perceive as different and the realization that the heart is as delicate as it is resilient to the wounding of experience – what the soul already knows – that neither masculine nor feminine governs us, rather an understanding and emotionally rich union of the two is at the heart of the universe. Merida comes to embody this place of tradition and transitional and in revealing the mysticism of the feminine spirit the laws of the land open to the warmth of nurtured possibility. Continue reading
Posted in Movie I've Seen, Movie Makers & Shakers, Movies You Should or Should Not See, My Review of Their Review:, On DVD, Rants & Raves
Tagged 2012 movie, above the line, Academy Award, academy award nominated film, Academy of Arts & Sciences, Animation, Billy Connolly, blogger filmmaker, Brave, Brenda Chapman, creative differences, director replaced, disney, feature-film animation, film critic, first female director, Kelly Macdonald, magic kingdom, mark andrews, Merida, movie review, pixar, Pixar’s 13th film, practical movie reviews, rory dean
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Above The Line:Practical Movie Reviews Birthday News Year 2.5
It’s birthday time again here at Above The Line: Practical Movie Reviews and this year comes with another milestone – I totally forgot my birthday! So that being said, we turned 2 on May 18th followed by another big accomplishment on August 7th, 2012 when I posted Batman: America’s James Bond and reached my 200th blog post since starting this whole thing back in 2010. I’ll be here, man, because well, the dude abides writing about my high-colored times, low ones too, marveling at the movies and you. See you soon. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, On DVD, In Theaters Now!, Online, Movie I've Seen, Rants & Raves, My Review of Their Review:, Speak-Freely, Essays on art, philosophy and film, Essays on Film, Movies You Should or Should Not See, Movie Makers & Shakers, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Elite for Warner Home Video, Guest Editors
Tagged above the line, bloggers, Blu-ray Disc, dissave pictures, el cerrito, movie review, movie reviews, northern california movies, practical movie reviews, rory dean, san francisco bay films, United States, warner bros., writer-director
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Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
Romeo Is Bleeding sets the ground work for so many films that have followed that the list is staggering. An impressive ensemble piece with memorable characters and outlandish scenarios that keep you engaged to the very end, this is what you should expect from an action-drama where the filmmakers and the actors are not afraid to take risks and the result is something that critics and audiences never tire of. Continue reading
