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Action: Steven Spielberg & the need for speed

View image Shot #1 (of this clip -- not of the entire sequence). A fairly conventional shot establishing the red car on the left gaining on the orange one on the right. I'd say these shots look a lot cooler…

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OK, here's the f***ing review

Ennis Ermer and Peter Oldring are roommates who co-star with Natalie Lisinska in "Young People F***ing." In my previous blog entry, I told of receiving a message from a reader in Montreal who wanted know how I would deal with…

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The movie named "f-word"

I will be using a word generally considered offensive a little later in this blog entry, so it's only prudent to tell you now. It is not an uncommon word, and I imagine every single one of my readers if…

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To spoil or not to spoil? (Don't worry.)

The guy in the black suit is really the millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne who became a caped crusader after his parents were killed. And he's played by Christian Bale, just like in the previous movie, "Batman Begins." Ooops. Is that…