Monthly Archives: January 2010

Dancer In The Dark (2000, Denmark)

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Gabor

Björk. That’s all I knew about Dancer In The Dark. As in that she was in it. So I was pleasantly surprised that it was a real, sensitive drama, a personal story of a woman with a genetic disease that … Continue reading →

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High Plains Invaders (2009, USA)

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Gabor

Yippee for a cross between a western and a sci-fi that is not corny, trying to be a comedy. “High plains invaders” is set in the Wild West in 1890. A small uranium mining town (mind you the locals didn’t … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 29, 2010 by Gabor
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Bloch: This Crowded Earth (1958)

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Gabor

Do you know who wrote the novel Psycho which Alfred Hitchcock adapted to film? Neither did I, until I checked upon Robert Bloch, the author This Crowded Earth. Turns out he did, and he also wrote episodes for the original … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 28, 2010 by Gabor
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009, USA)

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Gabor

I got exactly what I wanted when I sat down to watch “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” fast paced action movie with lots of explosion and spectacular, shiny visuals. I didn’t wish for more and didn’t get more. The … Continue reading →

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Bull Durham (1988, USA)

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Gabor

Based on two factoids I knew about Bull Durham I prepared myself for a movie I wouldn’t like. I was wrong. The first factoid was that the movie was about baseball. That turned out to be halfway true. Yes, on … Continue reading →

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Hoffman: The Kabbalah Deck (2000)

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Gabor

Edward Hoffman‘s intentions with his box containing “The Kabbalah Deck: Pathway to the Soul” were evinced on page 4 of 160 page booklet: “I’ve increasingly felt the need for an entirely new resource – one that would make the Kabbalah … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 26, 2010 by Gabor
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Don’t Look Now (1973, UK/Italy)

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Gabor

I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started to watch “Don’t look now”. The two reasons I chose to view this movie had nothing to do with its content: It had Donald Sutherland in it … Continue reading →

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