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Deep Blue Sea (1999)
For all the shark movies in all the deep sea voyages in the world, the sweet hereafter in “Deep Blue Sea” is living it up in the moment and being OK with forgetting it by morning. Send picky for a walk and leave critical in the car. Let yourself enjoy it and then describe it as Jaws 2.0 but better – two sharks that menace for the price of one. Continue reading
Posted in Movie I've Seen, On DVD, Online, Speak-Freely
Tagged 1999, above the line, action adventure, Adventures of Ford Fairlane, aida turturro, art, Battle of the Network Stars, blockbusters, davy jones locker, Deep Blue Sea, Die Hard 2, jaws, Joseph Bennett, Long Kiss Goodnight, michael rapaport, movie, practical movie reviews, Renny Harlin, rory dean, saffron burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, stellan skarsgard, summer movies, thomas jane, William Sandell
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Filmmaker and Film Critic makes Movie Blogger Efforts
Writing about movies is about as close to making them as I can get right now and I think it puts me in a unique position to share my thoughts as a bridge for others to fall in love with the how as much as the possibility of movies. Continue reading
Posted in Essays on art, Essays on Film, Movie I've Seen, Movie Makers & Shakers, Movies You Should or Should Not See, On DVD, Online, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely, Uncategorized
Tagged above the line, Academy of Art University, Arts, Dukes of Hazzard, east bay, Film, film critic, film criticism, filmmaker, Filmmaking, jean-luc godard, la maniere, movie, movie blogger, northern california, once beautiful past, practical movie reviews, rory dean, San Francisco
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At The Movies
At the movies, that’s when I realize it’s happened again, I let my trusty guards down as soon as the fade in – that I’ve drowned in possibility at another lost chance at greatness that’s not even close to pretty goodness. Continue reading
Posted in Essays on Film, Movie I've Seen, My Review of Their Review:, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012 movies, 2013 films, above the line, Arts, hollywood, Indoor Theaters, Los Angeles, movie, movie experiences, Movie theater, practical movie reviews, rory dean, theater, United States
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Commentary on Movies, History and Perspective
What we look for most often when we sit down at the movies is a prevailing sense of having gone somewhere and experienced something. We’re looking for fulfillment or some substitute for it, call them distractions from our everyday or little excursions like holidays. Continue reading
Posted in Essays on art, Essays on Film, Movie I've Seen, My Review of Their Review:, Online, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves
Tagged above the line, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Picture, Arts, Entertainment, Film, film critic filmmaker, hollywood, hollywoodland, movie, movie rants, movies matter, practical movie reviews, Review, rory dean, why we go to the movies
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Jack Goes Boating (2010)
At the core of the story are the archetypical struggles of love, friendship, and mistakes all pulling and pulling as if a rhythm that has no beginning or end but in perpetuity like breath and heartbeats that must be transferred between the sick and the old, the living and the dying. Friends sometimes remind you how alone you feel most of the time, especially when your dreams are no more realizable than theirs. New York looms, it is cold and distant, an anonymity that is both rewarding and relentlessly vacuous. Continue reading
Posted in Essays on Film, Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See
Tagged above the line, actor directors, amy ryan, bob glaudini, daphne rubin-vega, directorial debut, indie films, jack goes boatman, john ortiz, labryrinth theater company, movie, movie reviews, peter dubois, phillip seymour hoffman, rory dean, theater directors, theater in ny
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