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Saint Buscemi of the Indieprods

December 10, 2009
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Steve Buscemi has taken another step towards cementing his reputation as king of the indieprods.  In his latest outing, “Saint John of Las Vegas,” he plays a veteran Vegas gambler (read: loser) who decides to take a stab at life in the mainstream.  He lands a job with an insurance company, and before long he’s [...]

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James Cameron Pushes the CGI Envelope with Avatar

December 10, 2009
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James Cameron has pushed the CGI envelope again with his latest effort in the blockbuster genre, “Avatar.”  Judging from the trailer, the film is 75% special effects, and 25% elements recycled from previous Cameron films. Then again, minus the special effects, you could say the same thing about most films churned out by Federico Fellini, [...]

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George Clooney: the Man Who Stares at Planes

December 9, 2009
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George Clooney flexes his star muscles again this season, this time around in “Up in the Air,” a comedy-drama (in the future, when narrative-challenged audiences lose their ability to identify genres, all films will be hybrids) in which Clooney plays a corporate downsizing expert, i.e. a hired gun who specializes in firing redundant executives. While [...]

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