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blue velvet

A David Lynch movie and a Margarita can almost make you forget your problems. Almost. This was a pretty good movie, though I do have to say that I like the latter-day Lynch (Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive and the I-can’t-wait-to-see Inland Empire) more than the early stuff. At least he’s …

the godfather

What can you say about this move that hasn’t already been said? I wasn’t sure if I saw this movie in the past or not, but I figured it was worth watching either way. Every gangster movie/show has stolen something from this film. So much so, that I’m still not …

brokeback mountain

Brian wouldn’t watch this movie with me last night, but he still got to drink a Margarita. I’m not sure why he didn’t want to watch it. There really wasn’t that much man-on-man action going on in the movie (especially if you compare it to something like Six Feet Under …

sixth sense

I saw Signs from M. Night Shyamalan a while back and totally did not like it. I knew Sixth Sense was immensely popular, but I was hesitant to watch it after seeing Signs. Well, I finally decided to add it to my list, so we watched it tonight. I was …

fargo

This was an interesting film. Very different. It was basically a crime drama about this kidnapping that went awry, but it had enough ridiculousness in it that you could call it a dramedy. Everyone in the film talked with a mid-west (aka Minnesota) accent. I don’t know why, but those …