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Heartbreakers – (2001 movie)

2016-02-11
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125022/

A brainwashed daughter and her manipulative mother practice a con to satisfy their hypergamy, but love gets in the way.

Mediocre, but worth a watch if you’re fairly interested. It has some moments, but it’s got a kind of campy attitude. While it has a plot, it hand-waves plot-critical character decisions. For me, this wasn’t even a bubblegum-movie. It hurt my brain to sit through it, and only the blistering hotness of Jennifer Love Hewitt could keep me interested.



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Sense8 – (2015 show)

2016-02-05
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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2431438/
https://www.netflix.com/title/80025744

A guy goes mad and has visions, except they’re real people.

Decent, with occasional awesomeness between cringeworthy moments of “let’s see if we can put this shit in a show”. Oh, and it’s no wonder, it’s from “The Wachowskis”. I’m just going to let this die.

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Whiteout – (2009 movie)

2016-01-16
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Whiteout (2009) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365929/
was https://warnerbros.co.jp/home_entertainment/detail.php?title_id=2826/

A death in Antarctica spurs an investigation that leads to a murder mystery over lost Soviet-era cannisters.

Decent enough to recommend for a watch, but as I’ve seen three times now I can say that it’s a forgettable movie save for Kate Beckensale being hot.



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Dragonfyre – (2013 movie)

2016-01-12
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2333508/

A princess, being chased by orcs and to be a sacrifice, passes through a gate into our world but the orcs follow her.

If this movie could be considered a B-movie, it is extraordinary. It’s well-written and well-acted, and unlike Orcs! – (2011 movie) there is no comedy and I have no feeling that there is need or room for any. I easily consider this a low-budget A-movie. It was good. Very good. Not surprisingly good, actually good.

I don’t know how strongly I can or should recommend this. My heart melts for Aleya, so I’m pretty sure I’m biased.



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Snowball Effect – The Story of ‘Clerks’ – (2004 movie)

2016-01-11
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420917/

This is a 90-minute retrospective documentary for Clerks – (1994 movie) that focuses on Smith’s early inception of the film, the process of making and distributing and finally, the reaction and response to the film from critics and fans.

It’s full of bits of trivia, but is uninteresting to all but the hardcore fans. It’s got a lot of masturbatory stuff in it, but even ignoring that, and including my love of the film it documents, I didn’t like it.

  • Properly titled Snowball Effect: The Story of ‘Clerks’

  • This is available on the bonus CD of “Clerks X”, the 10-year anniversary money grab edition.



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Clerks – The TV Show – (1995 show)

2016-01-11
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352045/

Stuck at a dead-end job, a guy ignores his girlfriend’s nagging until she uses an old high school enemy to push his buttons.

I’m really really happy this series didn’t get approval. This pilot is a steaming pile of shit. It has nothing to do with Clerks – (1994 movie) and so it cannot build on its mystique, and it isn’t even particularly original or interesting on its own.

  • This is the single pilot episode. The full series was never produced.
  • Kevin Smith, the author of Clerks – (1994 movie) was unaware of this proposed TV show until its casting was under way, during his production of Mallrats – (1995 movie)

  • Properly titled Clerks. (with a trailing period) or more sensibly Clerks: The TV Show



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Clerks – (1994 movie)

2016-01-11
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Clerks (1994) poster photograph

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109445/
https://www.miramax.com/movie/clerks/

Instead of being allowed to sleep in on his day off, a man is called in to work an extra shift at his convenience store job, and his day goes to complete shit.

The acting is a little halted in places, since these are mostly or perhaps entirely first-timers, but the writing is spectacular. It’s got great flow and style, and is hilarious and memorable.

I first rented this as a VHS tape back in the day, and was immediately impressed. I’m glad this movie, and its author, have done well.


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Heavy Metal – (1981 movie)

2016-01-10
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082509/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/heavymetal

A girl kills her father, blows up her house to hide the evidence and flees the scene.

While this might have been good at the time, and particularly notable because of the nudity, it’s only vaguely entertaining like a sort of late-night TV-movie. It’s too low-brow compared to science f
iction movies, too adult compared to fantasy movies and too childish for grownups.



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Casablanca – (1942 movie)

2016-01-10
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Casablanca (1942) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/

The widow of an underground-resistance fighter falls in love but her life gets complicated when she learns her husband didn’t die.

I can easily see the allure of this movie, and I don’t have complaints, but it doesn’t do it for me. The legacy of this movie remains in all sorts of little quotes that I recognize. I know I must have seen this years ago, and it’s stuck in my head until even now. I don’t regret re-watching this, but it’s not something I’ll watch again.



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