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Looper (2012)

Posted on January 13, 2013 by rorydean

Rian Johnson’s most exceptional mind bender flick “Looper” feels like the perfect blend of familiar and refreshingly different. While it treads dangerously close to common grounds, thankfully, almost defiantly in drives home the adage that less really is more when it comes to films about time travel. Johnson’s second film (his first, Brick) straddles sameitude with all the gusto of a blood spattered, fresh-faced Tarantino before he became a pop culture junkie hooked on the smack of parody, strung out on satire and obsessed with testifying to the choir of popular opinion. Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-ray, Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, On DVD | Tagged 2012 films, Bruce Willis, Die Hard, Emily Blunt, hooked on the smack of parody, inception, jeff daniels, Johnson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, limitless, Looper, original screenplay, pop culture junkie, R rated, Rian Johnson, source code, time travel | 5 Comments

Source Code (2011)

Posted on August 12, 2011 by rorydean

Source Code baffles, stutter-steps to make every second count but fails, repeatedly. Tangled like an exercise in plot mechanics, Source Code plods like a blueprint manufactured during Hollywood boardroom hash parties and thirty second elevator pitches that end with a ‘ding’. Continue reading →