movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 14, 2009
Oh, dear lord, an English-language film with English subtitles! I kid you not! But thank goodness, because otherwise an American audience wouldn't have a friggin' clue as to what the...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
I remember when this film was released in the theaters locally, it had the unfortunate coincidence of coming out the same week as a French film called East / West...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
Princess Mononoke is very thought-provoking, and actually quite a bit confusing. I can't help but wonder how much was lost in the translation.
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
Let me just start out by saying, if you're looking for titilation, you're probably not going to find it in this 6-part series (about 5 hours total) made for British...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
The French know how to "do" smut better than anyone else. No, let me rephrase that... I think the French know how to make smut and peddle it as "arty"...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda January 03, 2009
Do you ever blindly pay for a movie, then later smack yourself angrily in the forehead and exclaim, "I should have known better!!!"? I think humans are always a bit...
movie*pie Reviews » Film Festivals
Written by Linda January 02, 2009
The Faroe Islands is one of those places that I'd love to go visit: stark, green, rolling hills, with little red-housed fishing villages dotting the shoreline. It just seems like...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda December 27, 2008
There really is nothing particularly wrong with this film, except that I felt like I'd seen it before. Maybe because the director (who was in attendance) acknowledged that he and...
movie*pie Reviews » Film Festivals
Written by Linda December 26, 2008
I don't know what's going on in Japan lately, but they are sure making some very odd films these days! A salaryman wakes up in a strange hotel room on...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda December 24, 2008
I read a great quote recently, that said, to the effect, that 1999's The Matrix will be looked back on fondly like 1977's Star Wars, as a ground-breaking film that...
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