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Category: Reviews

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SNOWPIERCER

July 14, 2014November 30, 2021 Michael J. Casey

In 2014, the nations of Earth decided that they could no longer ignore the issue of global warming. Their solution was to use airplanes to disperse a chemical into the atmosphere in hopes of bringing the temperature down. They inadvertently … Continue reading SNOWPIERCER

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A BIRDER’S GUIDE TO EVERYTHING

July 10, 2014November 30, 2021 Michael J. Casey

A Birder’s Guide To Everything is a realistic coming-of-age movie where the conflicts presented are small, the triumphs are equally small, but the questions asked are as big as they are significant. By the time the movie starts, David (Kodi Smith-Mcphee) … Continue reading A BIRDER’S GUIDE TO EVERYTHING

Boulder Weekly, Reviews1 Comment

DOUBLE INDEMNITY

July 10, 2014March 18, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Film noir gained popularity in the early 1940s, just as America entered the war, and the moviegoing public was looking for something darker to sink their teeth into. Lucky for them, Hollywood recently gained an influx of European émigrés fleeing … Continue reading DOUBLE INDEMNITY

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OBVIOUS CHILD

July 9, 2014December 1, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Obvious Child is being billed as the abortion rom-com of the year. It is a romantic comedy centering on an abortion, but that tag is far too reductive. Obvious Child plays like a rom-com in reverse, with the final scene functioning as one … Continue reading OBVIOUS CHILD

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TAMMY

July 4, 2014December 1, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Tammy begins with the titular character (Melissa McCarthy) driving her rundown Toyota Corolla through the farmlands of Illinois. On the passenger seat, a CD boom box plays classic rock. Suddenly a deer jumps out of nowhere and smashes into the Corolla. … Continue reading TAMMY

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

KORENGAL

July 3, 2014March 18, 2023 Michael J. Casey

From May 2007 to July 2008, directors Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington were embedded in the Korengal Valley to document U.S. troops stationed at the base, Restrepo. Their 2010 documentary, Restrepo, was a breathtaking portrayal of what war feels like, and it … Continue reading KORENGAL

Boulder Weekly, Reviews1 Comment

HANNA RANCH

June 26, 2014March 18, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Colorado rancher Kirk Hanna was the ideal cowboy: tall, dark, and handsome, complete with a Tom Selleck mustache and a white Stetson hat. But Hanna was much more than your average cowboy. He was a progressive concerned with ecology and … Continue reading HANNA RANCH

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

THE GODFATHER

June 19, 2014March 18, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Some movies never grow old. They exist outside of time and space, always there, always waiting for us to return. Case in point: The Godfather Part I and II. Director Francis Ford Coppola’s saga tells the story of the Corleone crime family, whose evolution … Continue reading THE GODFATHER

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EDGE OF TOMORROW

June 15, 2014December 1, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Major Cage (Tom Cruise) is a bit of a weasel. The aliens have landed on Earth and started a hopeless war, and Cage hasn’t lifted a finger to do anything about it. He is the PR man for the United … Continue reading EDGE OF TOMORROW

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