Mini Movie Reviews Archives
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Ryan Reynolds in a Pine Box: BURIED
Paul Conroy is a civilian truck driver with CRT, a US company with I assume, government contracts to be operating in Iraq. Job hazards are a part of the deal when working in a country at war; however, it seems Paul’s job delivering supplies has been relatively safe until this fateful day when his convoy is ambushed and he’s knocked unconscious, waking up buried.
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Foodie Film: EAT PRAY LOVE
Six months into my 38th year of this life, I had my first panic attack. I didn't know that's what it was until months later. Symptom after symptom starting piling up on me until there were days I could no longer move my arms or neck. The doctors told me I was suffering from an auto-immune condition...
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Commentary – Inception
Dreaming is one of the most Universal experiences the human race shares. How many times have we said to each other, " I had a dream last night that...." We take dreaming as a matter of course, whether we're the type to fly in our dreams, have more dreams remembered, or more dreams forgotten, more based in reality vs fantasy, nightmares vs oh what a good dream.
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Commentary – The Kids Are All Right
To recap the plot of the film, Jules (Julianne Moore) and Nic (Annette Bening) are a lesbian couple who each had a child by the same sperm donor, Paul (Mark Ruffalo). The kids, Laser (Josh Hutcherson) and Joni (Mia Wasikowska, Alice from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland) are now at an age where they’ve decided they want to find their donor father.
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Jennifer Lawrence in WINTER’S BONE / Q&A with dir Debra Granik
How long was the pre-production period? The actors, Jen and John Hawkes (who played Teardrop) came down a week ahead of time. Jen had to do a lot of work learning how to use the farm machinery and the squirrel skinning. John visited some bars and got recordings of people's voices in the community to learn accents. "This was a crucial part of the production, to have time before rolling to get acclimated and steeped and immersed in the groove."
