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"Not Again!" Double Feature: Aliens (1986) and Alien³ (1992)
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"Not Again!" Double Feature: Aliens (1986) and Alien³ (1992)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — Continuing our goal of finally seeing all of the Alien movies, a good buddy and I settled... down for two late night viewings this weekend. Aliens picks up 57 years after the first film, with Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the only survivor of the vicious alien attack on an isolated space ship, ... (more) "Not Again!" Double Feature: Aliens (1986) and Alien³ (1992)

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Anastasia (1997)
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Anastasia (1997)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — When I'm visiting home I often find myself watching the VHS tapes I used to love as... a kid, enjoying a nostalgic familiarity. Anastasia is just such a movie. Adding a magical spin to the mystery of the Russian princess's disappearance, the film follows amnesiac orphan Anya, who is persuaded by ... (more) Anastasia (1997)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — Well I guess I'm still feeling the effects of the Harry Potter exhibition , since while home... for Thanksgiving break I found myself watching three more of the movies with some overly-enthusiastic friends. Based on my least favorite of the books, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets details ... (more) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

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Boksuneun Naui Geot (Sympathy for Mr Vengeance) (2002)
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Boksuneun Naui Geot (Sympathy for Mr Vengeance) (2002)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — I'm working my way through Park Chan-Wook's "Revenge Trilogy" after being wowed by Oldboy a few months... ago. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance , the first in the series, tells two connected revenge tales that can only end in tragedy. Ryu (Shin Ha-kyun), a young green-haired deaf man, is desperate to ... (more) Boksuneun Naui Geot (Sympathy for Mr Vengeance) (2002)

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Save the Last Dance (2001)
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Save the Last Dance (2001)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — To contribute to the guilty romantic comedies series in which my housemate and I have been indulging... (see the first two ), she suggested Save the Last Dance , which I'd never seen, somehow. After her mother dies in a car accident en route to her ballet audition for Juliard, Sara (Julia ... (more) Save the Last Dance (2001)
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The Virgin Suicides (1999)
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The Virgin Suicides (1999)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — After reading about the only other two women with Best Director Oscar nominations, I realized how little... I knew about Sofia Coppola, and that I had been putting off The Virgin Suicides for (literally) forever. So I watched it. The film centers around five mysterious, angelic sisters whose ... (more) The Virgin Suicides (1999)

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Mah Nakorn (Citizen Dog) (2004)
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Mah Nakorn (Citizen Dog) (2004)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — After reading about its Amelie -esque qualities, I immediately wanted to check out Citizen Dog from Thai... director Wisit Sasanatieng, an adaptation of a book by his wife, Koynuch. Shy country boy Pod (Mahasamut Boonyaruk) moves to Bangkok despite his grandmother's insistence that he'll grow a ... (more) Mah Nakorn (Citizen Dog) (2004)
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(Untitled) (2009)
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(Untitled) (2009)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — A comedy about contemporary art? My goodness, that is an exciting prospect. (Untitled) stars Adam Goldberg as... misunderstood sound artist Adrian Jacobs, whose bizarre atonal music alienates his peers. His brother Josh (Eion Bailey) is an artist as well, painting friendly, unassuming abstract ... (more) (Untitled) (2009)

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Thelma & Louise (1991)
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Thelma & Louise (1991)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — Seeing how much I enjoy movies about ladies and movies about road trips, I figured the rare... combination of those two would be perfect for me. In Thelma & Louise , the eponymous duo are best friends attempting a temporary escape from their boring lives and significant others for a weekend ... (more) Thelma & Louise (1991)

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — I saw the Harry Potter exhibition at Boston's Museum of Science this weekend, and afterward all my... mom, grandma, and I wanted to do was hang out and watch the movies. We sat down for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone , which I hadn't seen for years, and I found myself able to be both more ... (more) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

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The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
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The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — I guess this movie is based on a true story. Huh. After his wife leaves him, small-town... journalist Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) decides to go to Iraq to report from the front, with the hope he'll prove himself more manly and useful. He ends up crossing the border into the country with Lyn ... (more) The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

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Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
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Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — Next up in our "fluffy romantic comedies" marathon was Bridget Jones's Diary , because we love England,... Colin Firth, and Jane Austen. Bridget (Renée Zellweger) is a thirtysomething "singleton" who works for a London publishing house. At Christmas, her pushy mother (Gemma Jones) introduces her ... (more) Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

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The Rape of Europa (2006)
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The Rape of Europa (2006)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — When Hitler came to power, he sought to reclaim truly "Germanic" art, as well as masterpieces of... previous centuries, for an elaborate museum in his hometown of Linzt. He called upon experts to compile lists of desirable art works held in European museums, and dedicated his military forces to ... (more) The Rape of Europa (2006)
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10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
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10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — My housemate and I have recently admitted our deep-seated guilty love of all things romantic comedy. I... am well aware of their many stereotypical and often sexist problems, but I can't it: sometimes I just really like to stop thinking for two hours while I watch a light-hearted romance with ... (more) 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — Despite the disappointment of the first Mad Max , I was ready to give the second one... a chance. These movies have to be famous for a reason, right? Set in a dystopian Australia that's fleshed out better than the first film (there's a severe oil shortage which leads to a destructive world war), ... (more) Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

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Sunset Blvd. (1950)
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Sunset Blvd. (1950)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — Excuse my cussing, but Holy Shit, Sunset Blvd is phenomenal. I can't believe it took me this... long to see it, because if I had watched it years ago I could have seen it 20 times by now. Failing screenwriter Joe Gillis (Warren Holden) narrates the tale of the months leading up to his murder, ... (more) Sunset Blvd. (1950)

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Assassination of a High School President (2008)
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Assassination of a High School President (2008)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — A neo-noir about privileged high schoolers? Assassination of a High School President 's set-up is appealing, but... also impossible to watch and not compare to the near-perfect Brick . Aspiring young journalist and general dork Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson) is asked by the editor of the school ... (more) Assassination of a High School President (2008)

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Hocus Pocus (1993)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — Come Halloween time, my housemates and I were for some reason really in the mood for Hocus... Pocus , which held fond memories for us of younger, carefree days. In the much-mythologized, colonial Salem, Massachusetts, the Sanderson sisters (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) ... (more) Hocus Pocus (1993)

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Pontypool (2008)
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Pontypool (2008)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — Just in time for Halloween, I got to see the creatively terrifying Pontypool . Set in a... basement radio station during a heavy snowstorm, the story examines how formerly-big-time talk radio personality Grant Mazzy (Stephen McHattie), his no-nonsense producer Sydney (Lisa Houle), and their ... (more) Pontypool (2008)

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Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel) (2009)
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Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel) (2009)
— filmforager.blogspot.com — My mother visited last weekend, and, citing that she hadn't seen a movie in theaters since Harry... Potter , I thought a French film about fashion and romance might be a good mother-daughter outing. Coco Before Chanel traces the early life of the famous designer, played with fervor by Audrey ... (more) Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel) (2009)
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