Category Archives: Blurbs

And now, a word about some older horror movies

Posted on December 9, 2008 by root

Notice I didn’t say “old horror movies.” I don’t want the three or four of you avidly reading this to assume I mean movies from the fifties and beyond. Some of these are great-granpa old, yes, but some are relatively … Continue reading →

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A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted on February 20, 2008 by root

I finally got around to watching this 1951 classic. Because, you know, it’s a classic. And I feel guilty about opining on movies when I haven’t seen some of the allegedly great movies in American cinema, not to mention foreign-language … Continue reading →

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Revenge of the Blurbs

Posted on January 15, 2007 by root

(Originally published in The Gleaner of Rutgers University-Camden.) The Flintstones **1/2 It seems that every popular TV show of the sixties has made it in one form or another to the entertainment world in the eighties and nineties. I Dream … Continue reading →

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Play Blurby for Me

Posted on January 15, 2007 by root

(Originally published in The Gleaner of Rutgers University-Camden.) Speed ***1/2   Forget about all other action films. Somewhere there is a blueprint on how to successfully make an action film; how to film just the right amount of death-defying stunts; … Continue reading →

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Silence of the Blurbians

Posted on January 15, 2007 by root

(Originally published in The Gleaner of Rutgers University-Camden.) Little Buddha **1/2 Last week, in Speed, we saw Keanu Reeves as a hyperactive SWAT-teamer saving the day for all dudekind from a deranged bomber. This week, he shows us his more … Continue reading →

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