The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Starring Cillian Murphy and Padriac Delaney
I find it a little difficult to say how I feel about this movie.  On the one hand, I liked it.  On the other, I guess I think it would have done better as a mini series.
It was really difficult to see the kind of persecution and mistreatment that occurred [...]

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30 Days – In a Wheelchair

This episode really made me ponder what would I do if I was suddenly in a wheelchair.  It’s not something most people think about, or at least I don’t.
It was comforting to see that there are decent options for getting a car made available for people to drive, and retrofitting their houses, but honestly, I’d [...]

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Spider-Man 3

Starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst
I will admit from the start that I’ve never really been into comic books and I don’t much care about Spider-man.  I’ve always been more of a Batman girl myself.  Give me Batman or the Slayer! That being said, I do watch plenty of movies and I thought this [...]

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Lust, Caution

Starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Wei Tang…also Directed by Ang Lee
Another film I knew nothing about prior to seeing it, as this one was on the boyfriends Netflix list.  The whole thing is set pretty quickly – in China, around WWII, Japanese are occupying China, it sucks.  I didn’t totally love this movie, and [...]

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The Tudors Season 2

I just now got around to watching the season finale, and I am not embarrassed to admit that this was the most heart wrenching hour of television I have seen since Buffy the Vampire Slayer was on.  I was brought to tears numerous times during the episode, and the last few episodes of this season [...]

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30 Days – Working in a Coal Mine

Going into this episode, I really didn’t think I was going to care.  Some of the topics this program delves into are just…dull, I guess.  I thought this was going to be one of them.
However, perhaps because it was Morgan Spurlock himself doing this trial, after about five minutes I really did actually care.  This [...]

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Recount

Starring Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Denis Leary, and Tom Wilkinson
I liked this movie, but I don’t really think I was necessarily ready for it.  I know the events took place nearly 8 years ago now, but watching this made me realize that for me, those wounds are still just too raw.  It will be a [...]

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The Savages

Starring Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman
I actually watched this movie almost a week ago, meant to write about it, but found that I’m not entirely sure what to say.  Honestly, I have been wondering this entire week “what do I say about that movie?”  Once again, the reasons I am not a film critic [...]

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What Would Jesus Buy

I was totally and completely bored with this movie.  I honestly could have fallen asleep while it was on, which is pretty rare for me with a movie.
I guess I naively assumed this was going to be more about facts surrounding American consumerism, how much people are in debt, the kinds of things they purchase, [...]

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Brick

Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lukas Haas
I was quite impressed with this movie.  I knew absolutely nothing about it going in, and I’m kind of glad because I think that made it better.  It was interesting and engaging, the sort of thing that kept me up rather than me unintentionally falling asleep on the couch.
I only [...]

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