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Monsters University

Pixar has been getting some mild flack lately for producing a lot of sequels to their films. I’ve seen some people calling for them to get back to doing more original ideas, like they did with their first three films, … Continue reading

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Trees Lounge

Trees Lounge is the 1996 directorial debut of actor Steve Buscemi, who also wrote and starred in the picture. Buscemi is a quality, respected actor, and I was sufficiently curious to check the film out, especially as another Buscemi-helmed film, … Continue reading

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Reservoir Dogs

I get the feeling sometimes that Quentin Tarantino’s sole knowledge of what constitutes a good movie is “Do I think this is awesome?” I’m not knocking the notion, really; that’s an important criteria, and one that all too many film-makers … Continue reading

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Desperado

In 1992, Robert Rodriguez made his first feature film on a microscopic budget, El Mariachi. Three years later, Columbia Pictures gave him a still modest but considerably larger budget to continue the story of El Mariachi in Desperado. The differences … Continue reading

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