Mandy Says

Thank You for Smoking

2007-07-20T02:58:29Z

Hey, how about a return of the Bullets of Laziness? Actually funny I loved the warm lighting throughout the movie As an armchair design nerd, the opening title cards were bordering on obscene in their prettiness Full of Hey! It's That Guy!s It...

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The Fountain

2007-07-19T01:45:59Z

So, I saw The Fountain a couple days ago, and I honestly can't decide whether or not I liked it. I think part of this lies in me feeling a little stupid because I'm not so sure I understand what the movie was trying to tell me. I'm not the type ...

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Pan's Labyrinth

2007-07-15T18:03:04Z

Oh, shit. I saw this at the end of May and neglected to write a review. So far my goals this year on books and film are made of fail. I need to get with the program here. Anyway, what I remember in bullets: The visuals were absolutely stu...

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Jesus Camp

2007-05-03T01:49:13Z

Am I an asshole if I say this is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen? At the very least it wins the award for Most Disturbing. The thing I can't get past is that these are CHILDREN. Kids look to adults for guidance and approval, and a lo...

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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

2007-04-27T03:36:23Z

In bullet form, because I am lazy today: Much funnier than I expected I was a bit surprised by how...tolerant, I guess, the people at the Southern dinner party were I thought it was pretty funny that the one feminist that seemed to catch on ...

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Children of Men

2007-04-26T01:54:24Z

I am telling you right now, without a trace of hyperbole, that Children of Men is the best movie I have seen in years. You need to see this. I have babbled on and on in here about being a fangirl of dystopia. You all know of my girlboner for i...

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A Scanner Darkly

2007-03-29T00:56:56Z

I first learned of A Scanner Darkly's existence by seeing this still and reading that the entire movie would be animated in this fashion: I thought to myself, "Holy shit, even if this movie sucks it'll at least be cool to look at." Then I foun...

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Das Boot

2007-03-21T22:04:27Z

I've come to a realization: I'm not a war movie kind of girl. At least not when they're about WWII. They're depressing as all hell (as they should be), but more to the point, they are usually an exercise of patience. Patience I do not have whe...

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Pride and Prejudice

2007-03-19T18:50:15Z

Pride and Prejudice was an odd book for me. I'd never read it before now, mostly because I'm not all that into romance, but also because my English and Literature teacher in my junior year of high school ruined me on classics for a long, long ti...

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Blue Velvet

2007-02-12T21:46:35Z

I have a strange fascination with David Lynch. I've seen a couple of his movies now and half of Twin Peaks (don't spoil me!), and even though I don't particularly like or dislike his films (or know what the hell is going on half the time) I am c...

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