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Agenda Movie Club: Drive

Posted on April 23, 2012

Drive Nicolas Winding Refn 2011 I feel like it’s become a problem, me starting out these posts by saying, “I want to be clear that I liked this movie, because I’m worried it might not sound like it.” But what … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: 50/50

Posted on March 21, 2012

50/50 Jonathan Levine 2011 I may be imagining this, but when this came out, I somehow remember people talking about how 50/50 figured out a way to “make cancer funny.” I don’t think this is quite right– the cancer still … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: A Separation

Posted on March 20, 2012

A Separation Asghar Farhadi 2011 I don’t know that I can be sure to mention everything I was thinking while watching this movie. I’ll try to get some of it. First of all, my general thought progression was, “ok, this … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: John Carter

Posted on March 16, 2012

John Carter Andrew Stanton 2012 Look, maybe I didn’t say every single little tiny syllable, no. But basically, I said ‘em, yeah. So, I learn that John Carter grossed about $30 million dollars last weekend, which isn’t terrible, except that … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: Attack the Block

Posted on March 6, 2012

Attack the Block Joe Cornish 2011 Moses! Moses! Moses! Moses! I hope Moses is ok. Actually, Moses is a fictional character who doesn’t exist outside the frames of this movie, but it kind of says something that, at the end, … Continue reading →

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I got your Oscars. Right here. LIVE.

Posted on February 26, 2012

All aboard! Click through the linky, have the fun. Click me, dammit! For those of you who might want to post pictures in the liveblog, you’ll have to email them as attachments to: event+304ef24b00@mailcomments.coveritlive.com In the body of the email, … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: Rushmore

Posted on February 23, 2012

Rushmore Wes Anderson 1998 This must be one of my very favorite movies of forever. There was a period of time when I watched Rushmore nearly every night– it got me through a few rough patches, and I’m not the … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: The Tourist

Posted on February 23, 2012

The Tourist Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 2010 The big problem here is that no one, no one, buys Johnny Depp as a mild-mannered teacher on holiday. In fact, this is so true that not even the movie buys it, because … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: Tabloid

Posted on February 21, 2012

Tabloid Errol Morris 2010 I love you, Errol Morris. I’ve heard that he’s spent time looking for new topics by reading through The Weekly World News and other such publications, so I guess it’s no surprise that sooner or later … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: The Future

Posted on February 21, 2012

The Future Miranda July 2011 First of all, this Onion article (h/t JP). But also, this is kind of a difficult movie, emotionally. I realize Me and You… was actually kind of dark, but I don’t remember it that way. … Continue reading →

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