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Screening log here 11/2/2010
- Cine fact: Gambling in the moviesOne of cinema's most gut-wrenching and vivid gambling scenes must be the poker game in Guy Ritchie's 'Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels'. Shot with harsh, contrasting lighting you feel like you're watching a real gangster's poker match. No glamorous girls, or fine cocktails, just straight whiskey and cheap cigars. The typical gambling montage is given an exciting twist here with Ritchie employing sophisticated use of slow-motion and freeze framing, which gives the players motions an extra weight and coolness. Of course the whole location is quite grotty and most people would probably rather be playing at an online casino at home. So too would our protagonist, most likely. By the time he's been chewed up and spat out, he's been cheated out of almost $1,000,000, and then he proceeds to leave the club in sweaty delirium and vomit on the sidewalk. Let it be a lesson to you kids!
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Just like so much of Todd Phillips’s past work, the antics are all too often just plain stupid instead of stupidly hilarious. (Joe Belanger)
11/5/2010SAW 3D
It has got plenty of vomit inducing brutality to satisfy anyone looking for that. (Joe Belanger)
11/5/2010HEREAFTER
While all reasonably compelling separately, their plights never come together, which leaves the film feeling cold and detached. (Joe Belanger)
10/24/2010ENTER THE VOID
At his best, Gaspar Noé is so far ahead of everyone else that Enter the Void remains an absolute must-see, as flawed and exhausting as it can be. (KL)
10/17/2010NOWHERE BOY
Allows us to draw our own conclusions about what made the man that would become a legend rather than do all the drawing for us. (Joe Belanger)
10/16/2010IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY
It isn’t even that funny. It tries to be, and on occasion it can be, but the reason it isn’t is pretty simple. It shouldn't be. (Joe Belanger)
10/13/2010NEVER LET ME GO
A sad, beautiful, thought-provoking picture that works on many different levels. (KL)
10/7/2010
LET ME IN
It never manages to give any reason for its existence other than to make it more accessible for audiences uninterested in subtitles. (Joe Belanger)
10/3/2010THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Easily ranks as one of the best films of 2010, and David Fincher's best work this side of Fight Club and Se7en. (KL)
9/30/2010WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
Oliver Stone doesn’t actually have very much to say at this point. (Joe Belanger)
9/26/2010CATFISH
It is just as frightening as it is enlightening about human interaction in this modern world. (Joe Belanger)
9/24/2010I'M STILL HERE
Whether it was real or not was not the point. The point was that it was fascinating. (Joe Belanger)
9/21/2010THE TOWN
Affleck knows how to control the story, command the audience’s attention and, most importantly, keep us entertained. (Joe Belanger)
9/15/2010
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