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Peter Ericson's blog: mostly movie reviews but also philosophy, science, technology, privacy, and other things that interest him. |
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"Up" (2009) [Movie Review]Dec 2, 2009
Pixar's tenth feature film is a wonderful, highly entertaining, charming, and well-paced movie, directed by Pete Docter. The animation is expectedly gorgeous, with beautiful and bright colors. Just like in the case of "WALL-E," the very touching first...
"Away We Go" (2009) [Movie Review]Nov 27, 2009
With "Away We Go," director Sam Mendes has made a fairly lightweight road movie that feels more personal than expected and in which the journey—not the destination—is what really matters. It is a low-key, deliberately paced feel-good film filled with...
"Fight Club" (1999) [Movie Review]Nov 17, 2009
"Fight Club" is an intense, uncompromising, and masterful movie that is wide open to interpretation and disturbingly effective at getting under the viewer's skin. It thrives on its fascinating and thought-provoking story with elements of satire, its...
"Cinema Paradiso" (1988) [Movie Review]Nov 5, 2009
Heart-warming, nostalgic, genuinely touching, funny, and sad, "Cinema Paradiso" resonates both emotionally and intellectually with the viewer. The story of youth, friendship, coming of age, and love centers on two compelling characters and touches on...
"Captain Nemo and the Underwater City" (1969) [Movie Review]Nov 2, 2009
An old-fashioned, fairly entertaining fantasy-adventure movie with some beautiful underwater scenes and a great, rather imaginative set design. However, the film is largely predictable, sometimes silly, and not particularly engaging. The plot, while...
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