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“Kindness. That can kill you here.” — Ed Harris as Mister Smith in The Way Back Reversible Errors (TV 2004) Strong cast, weak movie. To be fair, it’s not really a movie … it’s a TV miniseries. Because it was made for TV, Reversible Errors is full of “pause for commercial break” setups and an […]
“We didn’t have to look into your souls, we had to see if you had souls at all.” — Charlotte Rampling as Miss Emily in Never Let Me Go Oceans (2009) If you can get past the 20-minute block of Disney advertising and previews at the start of the DVD, you’ll be glad you rented […]
“Teachers won’t be able to model those skills if our schools and courts continue to muzzle them. But the same democratic imperative also demands that teachers responsibly restrict what they say, just as other professionals do.” That’s from a New York Times op-ed by Jonathan Zimmerman. Does it sound like he’s saying teachers need to […]
“If you were looking aside and mentally adding up the hours until the execution of a young killer, all that registered was something dark flashing by. But if you happened to be gazing directly at the window in question and you happened as well to be feeling unprecedentedly calm, four-tenths of a second was more […]
“I hope your kids have bad influences and develop bad personalities. I wish this with all my heart.” — Christos Stergioglou as The Father in Dogtooth Unstoppable (2010) Unstoppable is not unlike the runaway freight train it features: it crashes right through every objection you might have to it. Dirt simple, all action, one cliffhanger […]
“We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck.” — M.T. Anderson, Feed Zero Station, by Amanda Hamm I mistakenly downloaded this to read on my Nook. Billed as a novella, it isn’t even a short story … more like a pitch for a story idea. A good […]
“You just got your ass handed to you by a goddamned retiree! ” — Rebecca Pidgeon as Cynthia Wilkes in Red The Kids Are All Right (2010) I don’t doubt this movie drives right-wingers, evangelicals, and all the other homophobes crazy, but you know what? It’s a great film about family, full of heart, and […]
“Machete don’t text.” — Danny Trejo as Machete Cortez in Machete 21 Grams (2003) Sad tortured people doing sad tortured things for two sad tortured hours. If you can deal with industrial strength depression, by all means watch 21 Grams for the great acting. I would even say watch it for the interesting way in […]