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Tag: Steven Soderbergh
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Favorite Underrated Movies
I’ve been revisiting some older movies that I consider to be underrated gems and compiled this list to collect all my selections.
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Too much drama, not enough abs in ‘Magic Mike’
Based on the trailers, it would be fair to assume that Magic Mike is basically Showgirls, but with shirtless studs instead of busty ladies—and there’s nothing wrong with that! Let’s face it, women are objectified on screen all the time, so it’s only fair that we’d get to ogle sexy, shirtless studs every now and…
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Visual storytelling a key strength in ‘Contagion’
It all starts with a cough. Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) is returning from a business trip to Hong Kong and chatting on the phone at an airport bar. She seems to have a little cold, but she keeps on snacking on the tray of peanuts in front of her and preparing to return home to…
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Contagion lacks focus
Have you ever thought about what would happen if a bat started eating a banana, dropped the uneaten portion into a pig farm, a pig ate the rest and then a chef handled the pig without washing his hands? Luckily this has never happened because this is the making of an infectious disease–well, at least…
