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Posted on March 30, 2013 by bleuravyn

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 →

Posted in Guest Editors, Movie I've Seen | Tagged above the line, above the line movie reviews, art, Arts, dissave pictures, filmic, movie review, movie reviews, naval shipyard, quiet journey, rory dean, san francisco short films | 2 Comments

Above the Line: End of the Year (2012) Wrap Up

Posted on January 6, 2013 by rorydean

Movie review blogs are curious places filled with ideas and opinions and even dreams. Movies are the motion picture soundtracks of our lives, constantly lifting us up and setting us down, taking us away at least for a little while. Above the Line: Practical Movie Reviews is Rory Dean and Mr. Dean is a circle sometimes or better yet, a staircase leading forward, sometimes back, but always onward. Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-ray, Blu-ray Elite for Warner Home Video, Essays on art, Essays on Film, Guest Editors, In Theaters Now!, Movie I've Seen, Movie Makers & Shakers, Movies You Should or Should Not See, My Review of Their Review:, On DVD, Online, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely, Uncategorized | Tagged 2012 write up, above the line, bloggers, blogosphere, blogs, critics, dissave pictures, end of year, film critic, filmmaker, lamb, movies, MUBI, practical movie reviews, rory dean, wrap up | 12 Comments

Matchstick Men (2003)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by rorydean

“Matchstick Men” flourishes on the combined strategy of Scott and lens smith John Mathieson (X-men First Class, Gladiator) with Nic Cage and Sam Rockwell giving likable miscreants the voodoo they do so well. It’s hard not to like this film, how slick it makes offbeat a character of its own, interacting and reminding us that films don’t always have to be moving to move us. Continue reading →

Posted in Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, On DVD | Tagged above the line, Alison Lohman, Black Hawk Down, catch me if you can, dissave pictures, eric garcia, Flim Flam Man, Irvin Kershner, john mathieson, Matchstick Men, nicolas cage, practical movie reviews, ridley scott, rory dean, rory says see it, Sam Rockwell, short con, Ted Griffin, the grifters | 3 Comments

The Art of the Work of Selling Your Art

Posted on November 29, 2012 by rorydean

This is the circle of life of art, art the work of the circle of art from imagination to something identifiable, a tangible identity, an object of art that becomes an art object then the art of the work of selling our work is known. Continue reading →

Posted in Essays on art, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely, Uncategorized | Tagged above the line, art, art and commerce, art of the work of selling our work, artwork, audiences, Bay Area Art, creative process, creativity, dissave pictures, how to sell your art, inspiration, mediums and media, promoting artists, rory dean, San Francisco, selling work | 6 Comments

Above The Line:Practical Movie Reviews Birthday News Year 2.5

Posted on October 24, 2012 by rorydean

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 →