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fargo

This was an interesting film. Very different. It was basically a crime drama about this kidnapping that went awry, but it had enough ridiculousness in it that you could call it a dramedy. Everyone in the film talked with a mid-west (aka Minnesota) accent. I don’t know why, but those …

scarface

We caught this classic over the weekend and both really liked it. It was a pretty interesting story. In it, Pacino played a Cuban drug lord. This time, he was surrounded by an Italian cast (who were all playing Cubans) so the Hispanic thing was a little more believable than …

crash

This was a pretty good movie. The premise was about race relations and how you might think one way, but act another way, depending on the circumstances. One thing I didn’t like about it was that it was pretty tidy. While not quite all of the storylines were resolved at …

carlito’s way

We caught this on HBO this evening. It was a good movie, albeit a little long. Pacino, Penn, what more could you ask for? I didn’t really know anything about this movie, so that’s always a plus–I was surprised to see Sean Penn playing the part of a dorky lawyer …

kalifornia

We watched this movie last night. It starred Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis. The movie was rather reminiscent of Natural Born Killers (which also starred Juliette Lewis), but not quite as good. We did enjoy it, though. This movie actually came out a year before NBK, so it wasn’t quite …