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Salt Movie Review

August 1, 2010 by Divina Rodriguez Leave a Comment

By Eddy I think that I might be a bit misogynistic. Well at least when it comes to action movies. For some reason I just can't get into an action movie when the lead is a girl. I am not sure why, it's not like I don't like to see girls in action movie (this might have to do with the increased possibility of nudity from said girl). Its just when the crap hits the fan, the women (I probably shouldn't say "girls") just looks fake. They don't really look like they can get the job done. Maybe it feels like they lose a bit of their femininity put in the action situation (or maybe pampered Hollywood actresses just can't be bad asses), maybe I fancy myself a prince charming and expect women to always be the damsel in distress and not the other way around. Don't get me wrong, there are definite exceptions like Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, but in general it ends up feeling more like the Charlie's Angels movies. Which brings me to Salt , for the most part Angelina … [Read more...]

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Blockbuster Express Weekend Movie Marathon (pt.1)

April 23, 2010 by Divina Rodriguez Leave a Comment

After posting on BlockBuster triple play deal, D and I felt that we would be crazy not to also take advantage of the deal too. So last weekend we decided to head to the Big Y Grocery Store and pick out three movies to watch. Little did we know that illness and cold rainy weather would allow us to watch all three movies on Saturday and then return to pick out another three before the end of the weekend. So without further adieu here are the results from that Dancinghotdogs Blockbuster Express Weekend Movie Marathon (I am considering shortening the title a bit). The first three we saw that weekend (part 1) will be posted today, and the following day's movies will be posted tomorrow (part 2). Four Christmases By Divina Rosa had posted a review on this before but this is my spin. Movie about unmarried couple who must spend Christmas with their dysfunctional families because the forces of nature have canceled their vacation plans. This movie was trying too hard to … [Read more...]

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Inglourious Basterds Movie Review

August 25, 2009 by Divina Rodriguez 1 Comment

Another grand, operatic Tarantino mash-up of movie genres By Jeff Inglourious Basterds is broken into titled chapters (first is ‘Once upon a time in Nazi-occupied France...' ), very similar to other Quentin Tarantino movies. The style, tone, humor, characters, timing and pacing are also very comparable. But for some reason, and maybe it's the incredibly detailed WW2-era production value and cinematography, but Inglourious Basterds makes Tarantino feel more fresh and vivid than he has since the first Kill Bill . To the great benefit of the film, there are no actors present who have stared in past Tarantino films. That is except for a couple short, somewhat necessary voiceovers from Samuel L. Jackson and Harvey Keitel, and a small role for Hostel -director/semi-actor Eli Roth, who shines in the sinister role of one of Lt. Aldo Raine's (Brad Pitt) Jewish hit squad, nicknamed the ‘Bear Jew' because he brutally beats Nazis to death using a Louisville Slugger (this is not a … [Read more...]