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JCVD vs. Synecdoche New York

Both of these independent films are about a father who has a broken relationship with his daughter. Both are introspective and deal with regret. In doing so both endeavor to break down the fourth wall of the screen, merging reality and cinema to such a degree you are not sure what you are watching...
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Watchmen

Last week I saw Zack Synder’s much anticipated film adaptation of the renowned graphic novel “Watchmen”. Because of the films’ shock and awe approach to violence, including the brutal attempted rape of one woman and the point blank murder of a pregnant woman, one of the main hero’s observations about the depravity of man is [...]
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Batman: The Dark Knight

Last weekend I saw Batman: The Dark Knight. At 11:55 AM Sunday I showed up to see The Dark Knight IMAX experience. It was sold out for the next 2 days so I decided on the regular old big screen. The theatre was packed with Kansans about to watch a film all about one man [...]
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Top Ten Today – July 12th 2008

My current top ten list; based on what each film taught me about story telling. “Mosquito Coast”- For the scene that builds the conflict between father and son as they stand with their family before a crowd of natives who are enamored with the father’s recent invention of an ice machine. The camera movement employed [...]
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

At the end of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Indy asks his father, played by Sean Connery, what he discovered from his life-long pursuit of the grail. Mr. Connery’s charming yet illusive answer, “Illumination.” Steven Spielberg showed us the power beyond our world in the first and third Indiana Jones movies, the power of [...]
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