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And my daughter got me on to this, a series of shorts by a couple of Toronto friends. The first few were hard to swallow, but they got funnier. I'm debating "Season 2" - but - hey, when an entire season is shorter than your average Hollywood movie these days it might be next.
What I find most inspiring is the Indie spirit - that anyone with enough drive and a loose script can go out and make entertainment - and in some cases succeed.
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This received rave reviews. I disagree, technically a good movie, yes. I was dismayed to see Kevin O'Leary playing another version of himself (much the same version, ironically), but - what most I disagreed with was the lack of sympathetic or likeable characters. We're supposed to be cheering for Marty, who wants to be the world's greatest ping-pong player, and yet he does every heinous thing he can do to get there. And his sphere of acquaintances - girlfriend, mistress, wife, etc - they are all no better.
Too much shouting.
In the end, the redemption for Marty is that the ends somehow justified the means, and I beg to differ.
PS. Apparently based upon a true story. Still "Meh".
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Despite the glowing reviews this was really just a slack-jawed sci-fi bummer.
I mean, disappointing in the extreme. 2 1/2 hours of my life I'm never getting back.
I should have been suspicious of the unanimous praise. I'll know better next time...
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For a "Zombie" film this was surprisingly good. That said, I didn't see the last one (whatever that was), the "Bone Temple" is fabulous and if Ralph Fiennes invites you to a rave you should most definitely attend.
Not going to go on about it as really, it's not that sort of movie. Merely entertainment.
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This was excellent. Without giving too much away; the foreshadowing (the dark hole in the woods), the inexplicable trifles assigned a prophetic quality after the fact, a meditation on how we process grief and how while we may feel so alone seldom we are. A film of dark moods and perfect, perhaps more for a winter's night, but I've been behind in my cultural obligations.