Category Archives: Opinion

You Look Like An Old Mop

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Yours Truly

For our enjoyment on this rainy Tuesday morn’ (sorry, wrong link! here’s the real thing) Who is that little girl and was she born a genius?

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Pikmin and Horrible Bosses

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Yours Truly

Well I’ve been out of it again, w/r/t movies and the watching of them. I am teaching more-or-less full time (ha! Meaning: one class (how do people do it??)) and spend my off-hours frantically speaking to non-18-year-old humans, staring at … Continue reading →

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WAYS OF SEEING

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Jessica Hopper

Manohla Dargis talks about seperating a director from their work, i.e. Is Lars Von Trier really a Nazi Sympathizer and her feelings about watching a Polanski film when she thinks he’s a pedophile and rapey creep. I really love that … Continue reading →

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TRON/XMEN 5 OR WHATEVER/ELF DOCUMENTARY

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Jessica Hopper

Weekend double feature +1 style now: TRON: I never saw the original, but the Disney follow-up is 1. really neat looking, like “How did they do that?”/”I would live there even though the floor of Jeff Bridges weird future-zen-palace has … Continue reading →

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THIS IS AN ACTUAL MOVIE

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Jessica Hopper

Not a parody! If only it was, it would be brilliant. The entire plot is given a way in 90 second plus there is a sage older woman who says “being lost is only temporary”… he found a parrot, and … Continue reading →

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CONTAGION

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Jessica Hopper

Soderbergh preys on our worstest fears (second worst after The Road coming true?!) and gives us a plausible apocalyptic nightmare of germs and opens it on 9/11 weekend. HE REALLY KNOWS HOW AMERICA LIKES IT. Contagion is basically JAWS but … Continue reading →

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SUPER

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Yours Truly

I saw that! We rented it after hearing its creators discuss it on an episode of Doug Loves Movies. It sounded very weird. I also remembered that it got terrible reviews from both jackasses and smart people, which I always … Continue reading →

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THE FUTURE

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Jessica Hopper

I know I knew, right away, as the movie was happening, what was wrong about Miranda July’s THE FUTURE, but I needed a few days to marinate, to make sure, because it I am reluctant to say it, as someone … Continue reading →

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THE FUTURE

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Jessica Hopper

Ok, guys, gals, whomever is reading this. I might get to go see a movie this week (I know that makes it sound like I am on house arrest) and am considering Miranda July’s new one, The Future. When he … Continue reading →

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The Trip: A Cock and Bull Story

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Yours Truly

Well! We went downtown to the fancy Living Room theater where you can get beer and wine and champagne and all kinds of food delivered to you as you recline on a sofa-like seat in a small pleasant screening room. … Continue reading →

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