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Links for 2008-04-28

April 29th, 2008

Adobe discontinues GoLive GoLive Cyberstudio is what I used to create my first web page back in oh, 1997?

Year of the Dog (2007/I) 3/5
2007-09-02 20:26

Molly Shannon, in her first semi-serious role, plays a secretary whose journey from normal dog owner to extreme animal rights activist is played out in this quirky film. Most of the movie takes place during winter in California, which means sunny skies and Christmas gift-giving out in the patio. Heh.
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Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory... 3/5
2007-09-01 22:41

This documentary effectively lays out what is wrong with the credit card and home loan industries and how they prey on the consumer. It does not offer any solutions, however, and leaves a feeling of hopelessness. It also sometimes overreaches when laying blame on government and church when clearly there are also the individual's actions to account for.
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The Station Agent (2003) 3.5/5
2007-08-29 15:54

This independent film is about a man born with dwarfism who inherits an unused train depot in rural New Jersey. As a recluse (but a well-dressed one at that), he reluctantly befriends two locals. Patricia Clarkson plays one of them, and she's one actress that makes quite an impression in my esteem.
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Fah talai jone (2000) 4/5
2007-08-28 20:18

Tears of the Black Tiger is a Thai western that is an instant cult classic. It's campy (fake moustaches), cross-cultural (Thai cowboys), nostalgic (evoking old thai films), theatrical (painted moonlight backgrounds???), absurd (rocket launchers) and romantic, all at the same time.
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