One Sentence Movie Reviews: “How to Train Your Dragon”
How to Train Your Dragon (2010): "Black Beauty, with wings."
Required Reading: “Celebrity Sex Tapes, Sex and the City 2 and Other Great Jobs”
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Perhaps…(via Book Forum)
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or 1/8 a pair of Manolo Blahniks…
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A must read…
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I'll be in here someday… (via Arts Journal)
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via Arts Journal
One Sentence Movie Reviews: “Everybody’s Fine”
Everybody's Fine (2009): "Being a good parent is as much about listening as keeping the lights on."
One Sentence Movie Reviews: “The Amerization of Emily”
The Americanization of Emily (1964): "War is as much impression and perception as it is gunfire and honoring of the dead."
Notes: A forgettable stop in my quest to see the entireity of the AFI 400. 288 films down, 122 to go.
One Sentence Movie Reviews: “Legends of the Fall”
Legends of the Fall (1994): "Any movie with horses and a grand historical sweep this reviewer will invariably think is a metaphor for the American character."
Notes: I've been intrigued by director Ed Zwick's career since hearing an interview with him on KCRW's "The Treatment." May now work my way through his filmography, beginning with Defiance.
One Sentence Movie Reviews: “A Serious Man”
A Serious Man (2009): "The most baffling thing about an already baffling universe is how to find happiness within it."
Notes: To my knowledge, the first Coen Brothers movie to contain overtly Jewish themes. Although it may very well be lapped by Michael Chabon's novel "Yiddish Policemen's Union" which the Coens have signed on to adapt.
One Sentence Movie Reviews: “Tape”
Tape (2001): "There is a great film festival awaiting us containing only movies that take place in a single room."
One Sentence Movie Reviews: “The Thief of Bagdad (1940)”
Thief of Bagdad (1940): "The lousy movie that inspired the better Aladdin."
Notes: Painful film #274 in my AFI 400 completion quest. 126 to go.
Like passing a kidney stone.