Read This and Weep (or Puke)

In January of this year, I did a CineMonday! review of a movie I had recently watched called Fast Food Nation.
As I read an article in the New York Times this morning called “E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Ground Beef Inspection”, I was reminded of my review, which was fictional, yet based on reality. [...]

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CineMonday! Returns

Before Sarah hijacked this blog, I had a regular feature called CineMonday! which highlighted a movie that I had recently watched. Now that Sarah is moving toward the background of my mind, I’ve decided it’s time to resurrect CineMonday! for the good of my readers (and myself).
Movie: Sicko
Year: 2007
Starring: Michael Moore
Director: Michael Moore
Genre: Documentary
Rated: [...]

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It’s CineMonday! Fast Food Nation

Movie: Fast Food Nation
Year: 2006
Starring: Wilmer Valderrama, Greg Kinnear
Director: Richard Linklater
Genre: Drama
Rated: R
Runtime: 116 minutes
Stars: 3 out of five
I put this movie on my Netflix list because I had read the book this year and heard that there was a movie loosely based upon it. I knew it was not a documentary, but thought [...]

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It’s CineMonday! Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Movie: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Year: 2008
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Genre: Action
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 120 minutes
Stars: 2.5 out of five
Hmmm, what can I say about Hellboy II: The Golden Army? I’ve seen Pan’s Labyrinth, and Hellboy II is no Pan’s Labyrinth. My expectations going into seeing this movie were not high, [...]

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Coming Soon: CineMonday Madness!

There was no clear winner in the You Pick CineMonday poll, so I guess I will have to review all of them! These are the five that each received one vote:
Hellboy II
Fast Food Nation
Pan’s Labyrinth
Sex and the City: The Movie
Iron Man
I will attempt to get all five movies reviewed in short order, but no [...]

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You Pick CineMonday!

It’s been awhile since I’ve reviewed a movie, so I’m going to let you pick which one it will be. Please be so kind as to pick from this list of movies I’ve seen since the last CineMonday:

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It’s CineMonday! French Edition

We finally found time this weekend to sit down and enjoy a movie together.  I’ve seen this one before, but I’m glad we put it in our queue- it’s worth a second look.
Movie: Jean de Florette
Year: 1986
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Yves Montand
Genre: Drama, Foreign Language
Rated: Unknown
Runtime: 120 minutes
Stars: Four out of five
After both his mother and [...]

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It’s CineMonday! Austen Edition

Movie: Becoming Jane
Year: 2007
Starring: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Maggie Smith, James Cromwell
Genre: Romance, Drama
Rated: PG
Runtime: 120 minutes
Stars: Three out of five
I wasn’t all that excited to watch this movie, and I can’t tell you why. I mean, I don’t know why, not that I can’t tell you why, like it’s a secret. It’s [...]

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It’s CineMonday! Favorites Edition, Part II

I can’t believe another week has gone by without me watching a movie. Netflix is really getting their money’s worth with us lately. My problem is, now that the shows are back on cable, we just don’t have time for a movie during the week. For some reason, we didn’t feel like [...]

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It’s CineMonday! Favorites Edition

Hello all!
Welcome to CineMonday! Favorites Edition. I was so busy this weekend with the Obama rally and a family dinner that I didn’t have time to watch one of my Netflix movies. I’ve decided to review one of my favorite movies, Jeffrey.
Movie: Jeffrey
Year: 1995
Starring: Steven Weber, Patrick Stewart and Sigourney Weaver
Genre: Comedy
Rated: R
Runtime: [...]

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