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Archive for April, 2010
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Moving story about life at rock bottom for the destitute. Sidibe and Mo'Nique do a good job in showing what it's like when life deals you a terrible hand, and the effort it takes to try and break away. Hits you in the gut.
Weekly Tweets for 2010-04-25
RT @APleijter: Dilemma voor journalisten: To Tweet or Not to Tweet? http://bit.ly/bLDQoD #twitter #journalistiek # Splinternieuw Leids collegeakkoord olv D66 rekent af met bestuurscultuur en RijnGouweLijn. Ben benieuwd of het gaat lukken. # Asje van Dijk is een waardeloos bestuurder. Mooi moment om meteen Gedeputeerde Staten af te schaffen samen met RGL? http://bit.ly/a0NaJD # I'll [...]
Crazy Heart
This basically nothing more than The Wrestler with country music instead of wrestling. Only The Wrestler had a much better script. The story is unoriginal and tedious. The only good thing about the movie is its leading actor: no one can play a downtrodden country singing bum like Bridges.
The Young Victoria
Historically interesting costume drama, that could have been better had the script given more attention to the motivation and motives of the characters. Blunt and Friend are brilliant.
Pirate Radio (The Boat That Rocked)
Very funny, very British movie that brings back memories of the good old days of pirate radio. The script is chaotic and messy, but also engaging and humorous.
The Great Buck Howard
Enjoyable performance by Malkovich, who portrays a has-been magician. Pretty forgettable movie though.
Weekly Tweets for 2010-04-18
Woohoo! Please let it be true… RT @mashable Google Developing Tablet to Take On iPad http://bit.ly/btMGwp #android #apple #google # Handy overview RT @mashable How Journalists are Using Social Media for Real Results http://bit.ly/aj0bbk #journalism # RT @TechCrunch Twitter Launches A New Guide For Media Organizations http://tcrn.ch/azw8uH # @androidashley How about running CS5 on the [...]
Gran Torino
A strong performance from Eastwood, who portrays a likeable Dirty Harry in a very simple, old school script that works surprisingly well. All about tolerance and forgiveness.
A Single Man
Tragic and gripping story, beautifully told in a very sensory and sensual way. Firth is spectacular and has more than earned the BAFTA he won for his role, Moore is disappointing largely because of a terrible British accent. Promising directing and writing debut by fashion designer Ford, who has made the movie and its performers very tangible using colour, sound and close ups.
Weekly Tweets for 2010-04-11
Only open to US residents. Darn! RT @deborahblum: Reminder to enter the Name Your Poison Sweepstakes to win a jazz-age style weekend # A gPad running Android, now THAT would be awesome. RT @RoyMeijer: Interesting indeed. @BoraZ: iPad is the Google Killer http://bit.ly/c518zO # @RoyMeijer Haha, jazeker! #applekillers in reply to RoyMeijer # Yep, sounds [...]
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