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Films Watched: March 2013
Here is what I watched in March. Bringing Up Baby (dir. Howard Hawkes, 1938) I wonder… How many times will I watch Bringing Up Baby this year? The Amazing Spider Man (dir. Marc Webb, 2012) Photo: Reel...
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Roger Ebert, Twitter, and Me
This is a picture of my friend Emma with Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, and Martin Scorsese at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. She held Ebert’s laptop for him during a dedication ceremony. I will never be in...
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The Day After
My father and I went for a walk today. I had to go to the post office and the bank; he wanted to leave the house. So we walked and as we walked, we talked about simple things: the weather, gas prices,...
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Every Time I Got Overly Emotional During 42
Photo: Filmofilia I saw 42, the long overdue biopic about Jackie Robinson, last weekend. I was going to publish this post on Monday (Jackie Robinson Day). But with everything that happened in the last...
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Reese Witherspoon’s Post-Oscars Blues
Et tu, Witherspoon? Photo: Film School Rejects In case you missed it, Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth were arrested on Friday April 19. This is one of the biggest, juiciest gossip stories to...
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The Elvis Files: Follow That Dream (1962)
I have decided that watching every Elvis movie is a good idea. There are 31 movies in total. This project is taking much longer than I intended and it is driving me insane. #9 – Follow That Dream...
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The Media and Angelina Jolie
Last Tuesday, Angelina Jolie revealed in a NY Times op-ed that after testing positive for the BRCA1 gene, she had undergone a preventative double mastectomy. As a woman whose career is based on the...
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My Year-Long Saga Of Being Inexplicably Obsessed With Jeremy Renner
This is the story of how Jeremy Renner ruined my life. Something happened to me last May. I became obsessed with Jeremy Renner and it took over my life. More times then I should probably admit, I...
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Films Watched: April and May 2013
Here is what I watched during April and May. Follow That Dream (dir. Gordon Douglas, 1962) Only Elvis could make this story seem less absurd. [Related Post: My write-up for Follow That Dream is...
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The Realities Of Being A Film Actress
Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy are both over 40 and big movie stars. Just don’t ask them to try and sell a magazine cover. Hollywood actresses are at a strange crossroads. Or that is what two...
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The Elvis Files: Kid Galahad (1962)
I have decided that watching every Elvis movie is a good idea. There are 31 movies in total. This project is taking much longer than I intended and it is driving me insane. #10 – Kid Galahad (1962)...
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Films Watched: June 2013
I have watched a grand total of 61 movies this year. 2013 is now officially the year I stopped watching too many movies and became pathetic. Anyways, here is what I watched in June. Gun Crazy (dir....
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Odds and Ends
I’m attempting to emerge from my cocoon. So it is once again time for me to tie up some lose ends and to start blogging again. (We’ll see how long I last before I hibernate again.) Although I have...
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What I Learned From Old Yeller
I’m not sure what dream they conquered. Because what happens in Old Yeller is definitely not the American Dream. I shouldn’t make fun of a beloved family film. I really shouldn’t. But I will. Because...
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The Elvis Files: Girls! Girls! Girls!
I have decided that watching every Elvis movie is a good idea. There are 31 movies in total. This project is taking much longer than I intended and it is driving me insane. #11 – Girls! Girls! Girls!...
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Films Watched: July 2012
Well I actually watched some movies last month. Here they are. 21 Jump Street (dir. Phil Lord, 2012) The Gang’s All Here (dir. Busby Berkeley, 1943) Carmen Miranda. That is all. Pirates of the...
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So It Goes: Still Blogging
It’s August 28. I started this blog post just after midnight on August 11. At the time I was on the last bus to New Jersey after seeing Blue Jasmine. I’m was and still am completely obsessed with Cate...
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Back to the Basics: On Silent Cinema
The other day I had a sudden urge to watch Vertov. I was sitting on the train, reading Of Mice and Men (because lately my brain is smoking something) when all I wanted to do was watch Man With A Movie...
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The Song of Solomon
There are an endless number of effecting moments in 12 Years A Slave. The despair of the boat ride that brings Solomon to the South. How Michael Fassbender embodies a truly sinister character in Edwin...
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Films Watched: August, September and October 2013
And now it’s time for some minor blog maintenance. 2013 continues to be the year I am not really blogging. 2013 also continues to be the year I’m not really watching movies. My grand total stands at an...
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