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Back to the Future 1985
I just bought Universal's new 4K set of this, and felt it appropriate to update the old reviews with some new thoughts. I've moved back to my old hometown, where I watched these movies I don't know how many times as a kid so it makes seeing it in it's highest clarity yet more meaningful right now.
Original review date: August 12, 2015
"I can't really remember the first time I watched Back to the Future, but it's one of…
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Die Hard 1988
More gratuitous than the violence are the constant reminders of how much this was a movie of it's time. When "breaking news" wasn't just a buzzword and used only for something as serious as a terrorist take-over, limousines had tape decks, and the price of gas was less then a dollar. This extends to some of the production details too, namely using real locations in Los Angeles, painted backings and relying almost entirely on practical physical effects.
These things conversely…
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Brian Eno: Another Green World 2010
The lassiez-faire way he answers in the affirmative that he had more groupies then Bryan Ferry is worth at least three stars alone.
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The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story 2020
Interspersed with the fascinating history of what eventually became more known as “Channel 36” in our household, is a cacophonous audio/visual melange of things that I barely remembered as an adult but that were at the periphery of my life from as early as I could remember it until I preferred watching movies and listening to Pink Floyd instead. Anybody who doesn’t tell you a tv can be the third parent is lying.
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Collateral 2004
One element I haven't seen much in the praise of this film is actually how funny it is. There is a subtle but direct layer of levity, which is mostly used to ease the very palpable tension. I saw it twice in theaters and both times one particular line got a hearty response from the audience. Nearly all of it surrounds the chemistry of it's two leads, and the individual choices they made regarding their characters.
Tom Cruise (in arguably…
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