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Revisiting Solaris
Tarkovsky’s 1971 original was a film I first watched during my school days; needless to say, I brushed it aside as pretentious drivel along with Kubrick’s 2001: ASO. A revisitng of the fil… more »
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Revisiting Solaris
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prestidigitator wrote 1 month ago: Tarkovsky’s 1971 original was a film I first watched during my school days; needless to say, I … more »
Battlestar Galactica
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prestidigitator wrote 2 months ago: Television shows are a lot like relationships; you can usually figure out if it’s going anywhe … more »
Man-Boy
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prestidigitator wrote 2 months ago: Epiphanies are dime a dozen; even while packing stuff into boxes. Nomadic exasperation perhaps. I … more »
Vampires and Fair Maidens
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prestidigitator wrote 2 months ago: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror: F W Murnau (1922) German Expressionism, it is said, rose not bec … more »
Programming the Universe: Seth Lloyd
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prestidigitator wrote 3 months ago: “Plurality should not be posited without necessity.” - William of Occam Ever since the e … more »
Mrs Carmody, Jesus loves you more than you will know. Us, not so much.
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prestidigitator wrote 3 months ago: The greatest horror films have always been the ones where the monsters/ghosts were merely plot devi … more »
R.I.P Heath Ledger
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prestidigitator wrote 3 months ago: Heath Ledger (1979-200 28 years. Shit. Watching The Dark Knight will be so very surreal now. … more »
Cloverfield: Matt Reeves (2008)
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prestidigitator wrote 4 months ago: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/ Don’t believe the hype. Cloverfield is a terrible, … more »
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead: Sidney Lumet (2007)
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prestidigitator wrote 4 months ago: Sidney Lumet is living proof that age is never a deterrent. The 83 year old master auteur has cra … more »
The Darjeeling Limited: Wes Anderson (2007)
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prestidigitator wrote 4 months ago: I love the way this country smells. I’ll never forget it. It’s kind of spicy. Wes And … more »
La Liste '07
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prestidigitator wrote 4 months ago: 2007 has been a great year for cinema what with a number of films that managed to successfully combi … more »
Good sheep. Now roll over and play dead.
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prestidigitator wrote 4 months ago: The Vatican has outdone itself this time. After the Ten Commandments of Motoring and declaring itsel … more »
'The Dark Knight' Trailer
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prestidigitator wrote 5 months ago: Christopher Nolan’s follow up to the brilliant Batman Begins, The Dark Knight is well over ha … more »
Cinema Paradiso
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prestidigitator wrote 5 months ago: I’ve just spent the last nine hours watching 3 near perfect films, back to back; the cinephile … more »
The Randomness Meme
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prestidigitator wrote 5 months ago: Since hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, I’ve decided to take the safe route and respond … more »
Johnny Gaddar: Sriram Raghavan
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prestidigitator wrote 5 months ago: Johnny Gaddar could have been a brilliant film. It could have been an Indian answer to the Coen Bro … more »
Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth
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prestidigitator wrote 6 months ago: It’s been two weeks since I came across this film and I still can’t get over the initi … more »
Across The Universe
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prestidigitator wrote 6 months ago: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445922/ I confess. I love musicals and I love The Beatles. Mediocre r … more »
Trois Couleurs: Krzysztov Kieslowski
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prestidigitator wrote 6 months ago: The art of subtlety died with Keislowski. Unlike today’s filmmakers who underestimate the … more »
