Archive for September, 2009

The September Issue - 25 Word Movie Review

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Energetic, smart, fearless - great cinema, great characters. Really brings to life Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington as brilliant, dedicated, very different artists.




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Valentino: the Last Emperor - 25 Word Movie Review

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

All it has going for it is Valentino, who *is* compelling. No cinematic courage - too entranced by its subject to get critical or explore context.




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Salem’s Lot: 25 Word Novel Review

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Halfway-decent story, murdered by lack of living breathing characters. Some scares. Only the bad guys are interesting, and we spend no time with them.


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City of Thieves, by David Benioff - 25 Word Novel Review

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Beautiful, scary, sad, exciting, lovely. Fascinating and complex friendship at its heart; simple but rich overall plot. Scattered moments of intense poetry. Great resolution.




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Coraline: 25 Word Movie Review

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

For half of this movie I had no idea what its plot was. Once it got over itself, the plot was dumb. Weird, unoriginal, undazzling.




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Sharp Teeth, by Toby Barlow: 25 Word Book Review

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Fun, grisly, lots of heart. And blood. Verse thing only feels gimmicky for a bit. Vibrant characters; didn’t know where it was going. Which rocked.




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