Tag: IMAX
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In absentia
You may or may not have noticed a conspicuous lack of blog entries since I took former film-master Ridley Scott to task for his dreadful Prometheus. There are a number of reasons (or excuses) for this. In the end, I think I grew weary of writing how woefully inadequate movies have become. This summer’s disappointing… Read more
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Ten for ’11
Any honest annual top ten list would have to stipulate that they are the foremost movies the writer was actually able to see. It is improbable, if not impossible, to attend every release in a given year. There are a dozen or so films that I didn’t have the opportunity to assess, either because they… Read more
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Guns, guts and gadgetry
Brad Bird loves James Bond. This was evident in the Sean Connery-era 007 touches he infused into his Pixar hit The Incredibles. It is even more evident in the director’s recent Mission: Impossible episode (gone is the numerical increment, instead we’re given an honest-to-god subtitle, Ghost Protocol), an enjoyably absurd spectacle that hearkens back to… Read more
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Harry Potter and the Angry Mob
I predict a riot. The scent of disgruntlement is already in the air. It appears the great deal that AMC Theatres offered for the Harry Potter marathon may have been a wee bit too good to be true. $40 for eight films seemed like a good deal, and it is. Especially when you consider that… Read more
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