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March 8, 2009
Movie Trailer: The Velveteen Rabbit
Could be good. Its not my cup of tea but kids will probably like it. With Landon at the helm it will be okay for family viewing.






Screenwriter: Cindy Kelly
Director:
Michael Landon, Jr. (The Last Sin Eater)
Actors: Jane Serymour, Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist) and Tom Skerritt (Alien)




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October 27, 2008
The Exorcist (1973)
Should I see it?
Yes.

The Exorcist

This movie is easily the best horror movie of all time. A young priest, haunted by doubt and personal turmoil joins with an older priest to exorcise an adolescent girl, possessed by a demon. The demonic portions of the film are overplayed at times, the spinning head and spewing pea soup is a bit much, but overall William Friedkin handles his subject matter with a masterful hand. Horror works best if the filmmaker takes the subject seriously and grounds it in reality. In this case, Friedkin succeeds because he has respect for the theological aspects of the story and doesn't handle them with a smirk but with some reverence. He clearly understands that if you're going to propose possession than you have to seriously acknowledge that God exists and is the only answer to the conflict.


Strong performances from Max Von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn and Jason Miller make the most of the script penned by William Peter Blatty and Friedkin does well to capture their work.


This isn't a film for everyone. People easily frightened may want to avoid the movie. Those sensitive over the topic of possession may also want to pass this one up.

As a quick kick in the short loins to my atheist friends. If you're a slack-jawed atheist you may also want to see something else because, well, if you're really an atheist then this movie will be a stupid thing for you to watch. You can't tell me you don't believe in God but then turn around and get frightened by demon possession. It would be akin to me having a irrational fear of unicorns. I've had atheists try to tell me they thought this was a scary movie. Yeah? I guess I'd be scared too if I was unconsciously acknowledging the existence of God while still consciously denying him.


Related Reviews:
Exorcism movies
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)



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September 28, 2008
Movie Trailer: The Elephant King
A family drama about two brothers meeting up in Thailand. There appears to be plenty of dramatic pleading and yelling but the trailer doesn't really set up any compelling conflict. One brother falls in love and then all the sudden everyone is cranky. This could be a quiet, but interesting film but this trailer doesn't give me any reason to want to find out if it is.





Screenwriters: Seth Grossman
Director: Seth Grossman
Actors: Tate Ellington (Descent), Ellen Burstyn (The Yards), Jonno Roberts and Florence Faivre

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July 28, 2008
Movie Trailer: W
I can't think of anything more boring and tedious. Giving ol' W. a shot in the shins before leaving office, Oliver Stone has broken away from fawning over criminal dictator Fidel Castro long enough to make this completely unneeded biography of George W. Bush. Presidential politics is fascinating stuff, cheap gossip is not. Is it possible Stone isn't serving up just another Bush bash? Sure. Given that his trailer focuses on the weaker parts of Bush's character, it seems very unlikely however. The impressive cast couldn't look more ridiculous. I hope they're going to have name tags on the whole time so we know who they're trying to portray.

Sure, some may see making a film ragging on a sitting President in a time of war as being at best in bad taste. and at worst near treasonous. You have to admit, no matter how much of a hit piece this is it is a thousand times better than making a movie about Bill Clinton. First off, there would be the issue of trying to get around an NC-17 Rating. In addition, what do you call it? "You Put What Where?"

Check out the teaser trailer for Stone's very important and very serious movie below.


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Screenwriters: Stanley Weiser (Wall Street)
Director: Oliver Stone (JFK)
Actors: Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Elizabeth Banks (Zack and Miri Make a Porno), Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace), Thandie Newton (The Pursuit of Happyness), and Ellen Burstyn (The Fountain),


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