October 2006
15 posts
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Domino
The talent wasted
Everyone is upstaged by
90210.
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Borat
Borat go U.S.
Mocks America. Is nice.
Pamela no like.
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Flightplan
Panic Room in flight
Or more affectionately
The boring Red Eye.
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The Break-Up
That Vince Vaughn, so smug
At his best with Jon Favreau
And not Aniston.
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Casino Royale
The gritty James Bond
Better than pretty James Bond
Daniel Craig shakes, stirs.
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Down In The Valley
A softer, muted
A History of Violence
Cowboys, valley girls.
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The Transporter
He’s a great driver
But when the rules are broken
Where does the car go?
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The Rock
Stanley drives Volvo
Mason drives Womack crazy
Don’t eat the VX.
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The Prestige
Magician rivals
A game of one-upmanship
Who disappears last?
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The Cincinnati Kid
Straight Flush beats Full House
McQueen’s five-card-stud Rounders
Without the Russians.
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Pride & Prejudice
Oh Mr. Darcy
Please do court a Bennet girl
Shut up the mother.
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Click
To fast-forward through
Your life: dumb. To fast-forward
Through this movie: smart.
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Gattaca
The unloved child
Buys some new DNA strands
Longing for Titan.
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A Prairie Home Companion
Altman back at it
Nashville-like to the tune of
Garrison Keillor.
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The Departed
Rat among gangsters
Mole among state policemen
Whale of a movie.