Archive for the 'French' Category
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
For Ratatouille, I present my first (and possibly last) one of those “podcasts” the kids are always talking about these days. Apologies for the sometime wonky audio and the fact that I had a sore throat the day we recorded.
Posted in Comedy, Animation, Family, Romance, Fantasy, Drama, French, 365 Films Award Winners, "Theme" review, 2007 | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
What can I say about Monty Python and the Holy Grail that hasn’t already been said? Having exhausted the possibilities of television, the Mony Python troupe made the move to the big screen with this 1975 retelling of the story of King Arthur and his knights.
Now, as some of you may recall, I […]
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
I’m not going to lie to you. The main thing that drew me to Barbarella as a youth was the copious amounts of nudity. I mean, I had never seen a film that had so much casual nudity in it. There are women who are just naked for no particular reason from […]
Posted in Comedy, Sci-Fi, Based on Comic, Fantasy, French, 1968 | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
Viewed April 16, 2006
A Trip to the Moon is the oldest movie I have seen so far this year. Made near the dawn of cinema, it is a breakthrough film, utilizing special effects in a way not before seen.
The plot is very simple: scientists decide to built a rocket to visit the […]
Posted in Sci-Fi, Based on Book, Silent, French, 1902, Internet Archive | No Comments »
Friday, March 17th, 2006
Viewed March 13, 2006
With one of the most impressive box office runs of 2005, March of the Penguins established a place in movie history for itself. If it weren’t for the political diatribe Farenheit 9-11, March of the Penguins would be the highest grossing documentary of all time. And a far more worthy […]
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