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The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

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Submitted by: Geoffrey Dow
on Wed, 05/27/2020 - 13:56
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 — Though I didn't know it in 2012, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn probably marked the beginning of my dis-enchantment with the work of Steven Moffat, who would go on to do god-awful things to Doctor Who. I admit, I haven't re-watched his bizarrely over-complicated take on Hergé's classic comic series, Tintin, but I have little doubt I would react more or less the same was today as I did in 2012. (Click the headline above for the full review.)
tintin
the adventures of tintin
the secret of the unicorn
steven moffat
hayao miyazaki
superman
film
graphic novels
bande dessine
steven spielberg
max fleisher
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Juno: Don't bother looking for Signs or Significance!

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Submitted by: Geoffrey Dow
on Mon, 10/04/2010 - 16:20
Screenshot of Ellen Page from Juno, pretending to hang herself from a tree
'Well, you know, I just — I was thinkin' that I'd just nip it in the bud. Before it gets worse. 'Cause they were talkin' in health class about how pregnancy can lead to ... an infant.'
It's not giving much away to say that Juno MacGuff does not nip her pregnancy, "in the bud" or otherwise. Instead, after a brief flirtation with abortion, the 16 year-old opts to carry the foetus to term and give the baby up for adoption. Significantly, Juno is not punished for her transgression (except insofar as the pregnancy itself meet be considered a punishment) persons seeking in the entrails of Juno any overt anti-abortion, pro-choice, pro- or anti-sex or other coded messages are in for a serious disappointment. The movie's eponymous title gives the game away. Juno is a story about (nearly) a year in the life of a teenage girl named "Juno". It is not an issue movie, or a cautionary tale, or a call to arms. The fact that Juno is about a pregnant 16 year-old girl does not mean it is "about" teenage pregnancy. At its heart and despite its subject-matter, Juno is a romantic comedy. Where we might once have had Katherine Hepburn as a wise-cracking career-woman in a man's world, we now have Ellen Page as a wise-cracking teenager, who is every bit as independent as Hepburn ever was, if in a very different world. (Spoilers ahead, but not many; this is a movie whose surprises are worth keeping.)
Diablo Cody
Ellen Page
Jason Reitman
Juno
film
review
movies
abortion
teenage mother
romantic comedy
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Kick-Ass and Chloe, reviewed

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Submitted by: Geoffrey Dow
on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 17:32
Image featuring screen-shots from the films, Kick-Ass, and Chloe Fʀɪᴅᴀʏ, Aᴘʀɪʟ 17, 2020 — If art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, so too is filth. Back in 2012, I saw Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan's then-current, and ever-so-serious psychological drama film, Chloe, around the same time that I saw Matthew Vaughn's controversial super-hero movie, Kick-Ass. I thought the world of one, and held the other in contempt. Read on to find out which was which.
Atom Egoyan
Matthew Vaughn
Brad Pitt
Jane Goldman
Nicolas Cage
Chloë Grace Moretz
Kick-Ass
Hit-Girl
Chloe
Julianne Moore
Liam Neeson
Amanda Seyfried
film
erotic thriller
superheroes
cannes
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"He Told Stories, and He Planted Trees" - Bliss Vs. Bliss

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Submitted by: Geoffrey Dow
on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 11:57
Screenshot from Bliss.
Harry Joy, post heart-attack.

 

bliss
peter carey
the true history of the kelly gang
film
book review
film review
ray lawrence
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