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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Bobby’s Week #28 Recommendation: When Do We Eat? (2005)
Well after having my original pick stolen from underneath me, I decided to go with a little different approach to the whole Holiday theme. Instead of doing the typical Christmas type of movie, I went with a movie about Jewish … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Lamberg, Ben Feldmen, comedy, Jack Klugman, Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Lerner, Passover, Seder, Shiri Appleby
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JDF’s Week #28 Recommendation: Frozen River (2008)
The holiday season can be rough for a lot of people, especially when it comes to financial problems. Bills, food, presents, and the occasional emergency can all add up to start emptying the pockets of even the most well prepared … Continue reading
Posted in JDieFledermaus, Recommendations
Tagged Christmas, Courtney Hunt, Drama, Holiday, Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Winter
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Robin’s Week #28 Recommendation: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
I think it’s funny that I decided to go all sentimental during the “Remake” topic week and now that the topic (“Holiday Movies”) almost demands sentimentality, I have decided to go weird. I suppose this is just further proof that … Continue reading
Posted in Recommendations, Robin Goodfellow
Tagged Finland, Holiday, Jalmari Helander, Onni Tommila, Santa Clause
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Week #28: Holiday Movie
As a wise man once said, “”When Santa squeezes his fat white ass down that chimney tonight, he’s gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse.” Yep, the holidays are nigh upon us — for better … Continue reading
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Jax’s Week #27 Recommedations: Harakiri (1962) & Hara-Kiri: Death Of A Samurai (2011)
So this week of remakes was an extraordinarily challenging one. We not only had to find a good movie that we liked, but we also had to find a remake of said movie that was actually good too. Which as … Continue reading
Posted in Jax Revenge, Recommendations
Tagged death, Drama, Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai, Harakiri, Honor, Japanese, Revenge, Samurai
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JDF’s Week #27 Recommendations: Blood Simple (1984) and A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop (2010)
I am, unsurprisingly for a guy writing on a blog about movies, a huge fan of the Coen brothers and pretty much every film they’ve made. A shocking revelation, I know. That said, I was intrigued to discover that Chinese … Continue reading
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Tagged China, comedy, Crime, Dahong Ni, Dan Hedaya, Drama, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Honglei Sun, Joel Coen, John Getz, M. Emmet Walsh, Remake, thriller, Xiao Shen-Yang, Yan Ni, Zhang Yimou
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Robin’s Week #27 Recommendations: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and Heaven Can Wait (1976)
This has been the most interesting yet frustrating topic yet devised. I could write a novella about the ups and downs I had researching and choosing my movie, but this is about the movies, not my mental defects. What I … Continue reading
