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Film Forager
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A savvy lady reviews every movie she watches with honesty, goofiness, and a semi-crackling wit.
#43710 in All , #4 in Movie Reviews

BMX Bandits (1983)

Seen: On our big screen/projector set-up, streamed from netflix instant.Ok remember how I really didnt like Cocoon? Well I didnt. So that night all I wanted was to watch something that didnt suck, an...

1 day ago

Cocoon (1985)

Seen: On dvd on my tv, rented from Hollywood Express in Cambridge. 95/100 of the Total Sci-Fi List.So Ive been working on this sci-fi watchlist for a long time now, and Im so close to finishing! But ...

3 days ago

Doctor Mordrid (1992)

Seen: On dvd on my tv, rented from netflix.It is a pretty well-known fact among like three of my friends that by this point I will watch anything for Jeffrey Combs. Im completely smitten with Re-Anim...

4 days ago

The Card (aka The Promoter) (1952)

Seen: On our big screen/projector set-up, streamed from netflix instant.Scanning through titles randomly on netflix instant is always a gamble, but the promise of Alec Guinness being goofy and Glynis...

5 days ago

Alex Makes Art #81

Oh hey. I know last week got a little scattered, what with the lack of posting, but mostly thats because I was too busy in New York hanging out with a bunch of doofy Canadians and before that it was ...

25 may 12

Bloodsport (1988)

Seen: On our big screen/projector set-up, streamed from Miless computer.It makes me so happy to know that in the year of my birth something as fantastic as Bloodsport was going on. It was released tw...

24 may 12

Lost in La Mancha (2002)

Seen: On my boyfriends Macbook Air, streamed from my hard drive. On a bus.Oh Terry Gilliam, the man who makes the movies I am most likely to obsess over, why do you always have all the problems? Some...

23 may 12

The Avengers (2012)

Seen: In 3D at the AMC/Loews Boston Common, and again in 2D at the AMC/Loews in Ridgefield Park, NJ.Ok I know its like weeks late and totally irrelevant by now but dagnabbit I want to talk about The ...

22 may 12

Adaptation. (2002)

Seen: On blu-ray on our big screen/projector set-up, newly purchased for our collection.The other day I tried to explain the plot of Adaptation. to a lady at work without giving too much away but sti...

21 may 12

Griff the Invisible (2010)

Seen: On my friend Rachels tv, streamed from netflix instant.Oh hey cute Australian superhero romance? Why not? Griff the Invisible stars Ryan Kwanten as the titular wannabe superhero, a quiet office...

17 may 12

xXx (2002)

Seen: On our big screen/projector, streamed from netflix instant.Man when this came out I was not yet on the Vin Diesel train and probably thought it looked dumb. I was TOTALLY WRONG. xXx shoves thri...

13 may 12

Alex Makes Art #80

Oh hiiii! Look at me, blogging away like I actually have my act together, isnt that nice? My first semester of grad school is over and Im taking advantage of having more free time by watching movies ...

11 may 12

Colombiana (2011)

Seen: On dvd on my laptop, rented from netflix.When Colombiana came out last year I thought it looked awesome, but kept hearing negative things about it and eventually it got lost in the shuffle. Mor...

10 may 12

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)

Seen: At the AMC/Loews at Boston Common, in 3-D.Well, you know me. Stop-motion animation and silly jokes about British history... Im there! Based on the series of novels by Gideon Dafoe (who also wro...

08 may 12

Quick Change (1990)

Seen: On dvd on our big screen/projector set-up, from my personal collection.Fed up with the gritty surroundings and unpleasant attitudes of New York City, friends Grimm (Bill Murray), Phyllis (Geena...

07 may 12

Maximum Risk (1996)

Seen: On our big screen/projector set-up, one half of a Jean-Claude Van Damme double feature dvd with Double Team.After a long day of working all I really wanted was a good, stupid action movie, and ...

06 may 12

Steamboat Bill, Jr (1928)

Seen: On my tv, streamed from netflix instant.Im really glad netflix has several Buster Keaton films on instant, since its encouraging me to finally see his films. And coincidentally the artist Ive b...

04 may 12

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

Seen: At the Capitol Theatre in Arlington.Oh heyyy so that Joss Whedon guy everyones always talking about has a new movie or whatever. No not that superhero thing, that OTHER thing he made with Drew ...

02 may 12

The Couch Trip (1988)

Seen: On our big screen/projector set-up, streamed from Miles computer.This semester is finishing up, thank goodness, and Ive been trying to get back on track, movie-wise. Of course this doesnt alway...

01 may 12

Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandoras Box) (1929)

Seen: On dvd (Criterion) on our big screen/projector set-up, rented from Hollywood Express.Well, Louise Brooks looks like a cool lady, and Im always seeing her around Pussy Goes Grrr so Pandoras Box ...

28 apr 12

Alex Makes Art #79

Im switching things up a bit today since I dont have time to finish writing a review but I do have some art to share! I should be posting about Pandoras Box tomorrow.So this weekend I was rather prod...

26 apr 12

The Warriors (1979)

Seen: On dvd on our big screen/projector set-up, rented from Hollywood Express.Heres another "I should have seen this by now" movie that I wanted to knock off the list. Especially since its a...

24 apr 12

American Psycho (2000)

Seen: On dvd on my tv, rented from netflix.American Psycho is one of those movies that I should have seen by now, and am not sure why I havent. Just never got around to it. But its referenced on the ...

22 apr 12

Spaceballs (1987)

Seen: On dvd on my friend Rachels tv, from her collection.Soooo whats the best way to follow up a few hard ciders and a viewing of Revenge of the Sith? OBVIOUSLY SPACEBALLS. What made it even better ...

18 apr 12

Machete Order Double Feature: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III:...

Seen: On dvd on my friend Rachels tv, rented from Hollywood Express in Cambridge.Ok, ok, before you question my seeming lack of sane judgment, let me explain! A school chum and I have been watching t...

16 apr 12

Serbuan maut (The Raid: Redemption) (2011)

Seen: At the Kendall Square Landmark Cinema in Cambridge.After various reports of The Raids status as "best action movie ever", it was imperative for me to see it. Written and directed by Gar...

15 apr 12

Alex Makes Art #78

Oh hi, heres a post. Good for me. Its crazy final papers/presentations time for the next few weeks and Im not watching as many movies or making much art, which is a sad time. I stayed up all night wo...

13 apr 12

Blood Tea and Red String (2006)

Seen: On dvd on my tv, rented from netflix.Sometimes a movie comes along that seems impossibly in alignment with my tastes and interests. Blood Tea and Red String is so up my alley that 366 Weird Mov...

10 apr 12

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

Seen: On dvd on our big screen/projector set-up, from Miles collection.I cant remember the last time I watched a western, so Tommy Lee Jones theatrical directorial debut The Three Burials of Melquiad...

08 apr 12

The Omega Man (1971)

Seen: On dvd on my laptop, rented from netflix. 94/100 on the Sci-Fi List.When I went through my Vincent Price phase in high school I watched The Last Man on Earth, loved it (duh), and declared it th...

05 apr 12

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