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The Descendants

20 Dec

At first, all I heard about this movie was that it was directed by Alexander Payne.  I had seen Election, Sideways, and About Schmidt and thought they were all above average.  I didn’t realize that time had flown since Sideways and Payne hadn’t directed a movie in seven years.  I became intrigued.

Then I heard about Clooney and a possible “Oscar” performance.  My first thought was “shit?”  To be clear, I’m not a Clooney hater; I’m a Clooney skeptic.

I showed up to the theater with some expectations and two heterosexual male friends of mine: fellow contributor, Andy, and my buddy, Brad.  We realized immediately that Continue reading →

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Glengarry Glen Ross

30 Oct

I was first introduced to this movie in the spring of 2004 by my cousin.  I had never heard of the movie prior to his recommendation. He simply said, “I’m going to show you a clip, and if you don’t want to see the movie afterwards, I’ll be confused…”  This is the clip that he showed me: Alec Baldwin’s “Motivational” Sales Speech.  If you don’t intend to watch the entire scene, please skip to 6:13 to at least get an idea of what I’m talking about. Continue reading →

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