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Stand Up for Pain in the Oblivion of Pines

Posted on September 15, 2013 by rorydean

I watch so many movies I often get swept up in the effort to write about all of them in an effective and coherent way. Monday to Wednesday and I’m already behind, by Friday I’ll be right back here scrambling. This time I’m micro-reviewing, a handful of celluloid with the films Oblivion, Pain & Gain, Stand Up Guys and The Place Beyond The Pines. Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-ray, Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, My Review of Their Review:, On DVD, Online, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves | Tagged above the line, al pacino, Alan Arkin, blue valentine, Bradley Cooper, Brian De Palma, bucket list, christopher walken, crazy stupid love, Derek Cianfrance, Die Hard, Joseph Ruben, Le Mecanisme de cineaste du jour, limitless, made for TV forgettable, michael bay, Mikael Salomon, miss it, moon, Movie Mechanic, oblivion, Pain & Gain, Paul Verhoeven, practical movie reviews, rory dean, ryan gosling, see it, silent running, stand up guys, the place beyond the pines, tom cruise, Wolfgang Petersen | 3 Comments

Michael Bay – Movie Mechanic

Posted on July 24, 2011 by rorydean

Michael Bay puts the hero out front, frames them in red white and blue propagandistic good will against a backdrop of burning buildings, world peace and humanity – you can almost hear the music rise to a resounding crescendo of unanimous magnanimity. You don’t have to like what Bay delivers but he does have a plan and there is a methodology and technical brilliance to what he does. Continue reading →