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Tag Archives: New York City

Brooklyn

December 15, 2015by Hunter 2 Comments

Brooklyn is a very rare kind of movie. It’s a movie that could have been far sappier and melodramatic than it is, and because of that, had me watching it […]

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A Most Violent Year

January 27, 2015by Hunter 2 Comments

I appreciate A Most Violent Year‘s style way more than anything else about the movie. The story is pretty good, the dialogue is terrible at times, and the performances are […]

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After Hours

June 2, 2014by Hunter 2 Comments

After Hours is a pretty strange film. The individual events in it don’t really seem to make sense, leaving the viewer with the overall effect of absurdity. Though I can’t […]

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Bringing Out the Dead

June 30, 2013by Hunter 9 Comments

It’s not that I didn’t think Bringing Out the Dead would be good, it’s just that I didn’t realize it would be this good. This film is so underrated that […]

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Panic Room

June 21, 2013by Hunter 3 Comments

I’m not really a fan of home invasion movies, in fact I don’t think I’ve really seen any except this one. Regardless, I found Panic Room to be a pretty […]

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New York, New York

April 12, 2013by Hunter 10 Comments

New York, New York is sort of an odd film out in Scorsese’s filmography, coming in between his two greatest films: Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. Critics don’t like it […]

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Raging Bull

March 10, 2013by Hunter 17 Comments

I’ve always been a pretty big fan of boxing movies, though I’ve never watched boxing outside of a movie in my entire life. Raging Bull captures a darker side of […]

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Eyes Wide Shut

February 27, 2013by Hunter 17 Comments

I was kind of worried about seeing Eyes Wide Shut to be honest, what with all the sex in it and everything. I had the opportunity to see it for […]

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Rear Window

January 13, 2013by Hunter 5 Comments

Rear Window is a really simple story when you think about it, a man spying on the neighbors decides to become a detective when he thinks he’s observed a crime. […]

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The Wrong Man

January 9, 2013by Hunter 2 Comments

The Wrong Man is another one of Hitchcock’s innocent man wrongly accused films, but he does this one a lot differently. For one thing, it’s based on a true story, […]

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