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  • “ER” Time of Death (2004)

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    A surprisingly good and moving episode of ER, with guest star Ray Liotta: “ER” Time of Death (2004).

  • Dead Like Me

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    A Dead Like Me movie is in production, with many of the original actors but without Mandy Patinkin [also, et] and others. Also, it looks like this is direct to DVD, but may also have sequels [also]. Update 20jan09 @ 4:55 pm: Dead Like Me: Life After Death is now listed as pre-order, and has…

  • The Road to Guantanamo

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    The Road to Guantanamo, dir. Michael Winterbottom, 2006. This movie is the story of a very deep sickness in Western culture. If I hadn’t worked retail, I might find the whole thing too surreal to believe. However, I have witnessed the kinds of people that could rationally reach the insane conclusions necessary to act as…

  • Decasia

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    Decasia: The State of Decay. Dir. B. Morrison. 2004. Just like Baraka, this film has striking visuals shown at something other than normal speed in a non-linear arrangement. Certainly there are juxtapositions to the images but there is only an implied story not an explicit one. Further, the visual elements of the film are accompanied…

  • Cinerama was a monolithic aspect ratio

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    Via fUSION Anomaly. Alchemy: “In a secret that seems to never have been seen by anyone – the monolith in the film has the same exact dimensions as the Cinerama movie screen on which 2001 was projected in 1968.” [also, also]

  • Pan’s Labyrinth

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    Directed by Hellboy’s & Cronos’ Guillermo del Toro, produced by Y tu mamá también’s & Prisoner of Azkaban’s Alfonso Cuarón, cinematography by Desperado’s & Zathura’s Guillermo Navarro … … any one of those people would be reason enough to see this film: Pan’s Labyrinth All three? Who needs more than that? Be still my fluttering…

  • A choice between Keanu and lamb’s guts? I have to think about it.

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    I enjoyed “Waking Life” and was excited to learn that Linklatter was doing another movie in the same style, and more excited when I heard, many moons ago, that it was going to be an adaptation of “A Scanner Darkly” that wasn’t a silly slasher movie. Now, I’m even more excited to see the trailer.…