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  • Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist 1979

    ★★ Watched 08 May, 2013

    Way too repetitive for a 30 minute documentary and for such a notable life. I mean, I like Old Man River as much as the next guy and the changes to it are an interesting look at his changing ideals but it almost trivializes the man when all you can come up with are scenes of him singing.

  • Olympus Has Fallen 2013

    ★½ Watched 04 May, 2013

    What do you get when an awful movie tries its darnedest to be like a much better movie? An awful movie, duh.

    The one thing Olympus Has Fallen has going for it is that its seen Die Hard way too many times. Beyond the terrible plotting, characterization and dialogue, and ignoring the nauseating amount of America back patting, are the echoes of Die Hard. Its a film I love so much that just being reminded of it is enough to almost (not even remotely close) make a movie worth my while. But not really

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  • Romeo and Juliet 1968

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    Really? No reviews on how you got to see a girl's tits in your 9th grade English class? Shit, letterboxd, get it together

  • The Story of Film: An Odyssey 2011

    ★★★★½ Watched 20 Mar, 2013 6

    I think the simplest way to say how great I thought this documentary was is that I watched 15 hours of it over the last three months and want to see 15 more. Its an intelligent, informative and very captivating summary of 120 years of artistic progression in cinema. Even at its mammoth length I feel like the surface was only brimmed, or that Cousins still has so much more to say. There's not much for me to add that…