Cobalt November
You’ve probably seen the abusive parent film before. You’ve also probably seen the inner city inspirational teacher film before too. There are certain conventions of postmodern dramas that keep cycling back, the previous two among them. In...
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Cobalt November
Fair. I liked her performance because I thought her hardness during her first scenes in the film were a good indication of the hardness that social workers develop due to to their occupation. I call her "hard-hearted" because that is an aspect of her performance that lends great truth to the role--a difficult occupation that requires a certain ... Read moreamount of emotional distance. As we both know, this distance becomes compromised by the film's ending, but by no means do I use "hard-hearted" as an insult.
04 November at 21:05
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Paranormal Activity (2009) has been slaughtering--pardon the verb--the box office lately! Granted, This Is It (2009) won last weekend, but that’s not being reviewed because that’s not a real film. Ac...
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Cobalt November REVIEWS: Precious and The House of the Devil -- http://www.cobaltnovember.com

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Cobalt November I was FLOORED by Precious. Amazing amazing little film.

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Cobalt November So I finally got around to see The Brothers Bloom. Stellar, but it prevented me from writing my House of the Devil review. Will do. Promptly.

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Cobalt November House of the Devil was stellar. THAT'S the horror film to see this weekend. Review to come...

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Cobalt November The Brothers Bloom just arrived on Netflix. This ought to be a good day.

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Cobalt November Strangers with Candy is now on Hulu! Good for folks who don't own the complete series...unlike me.

16 October at 16:50
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Cobalt November
Were you...were you MOCKING me??
16 October at 20:25
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In 1991, when Dave Eggers was 21 years old, his parents died within a month of one another of differing forms of cancer, leaving him and his siblings orphans. For Eggers’ older brother and sister, this wasn’t much of a problem--they were already adults. Hi...
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Cobalt November REVIEW: Where the Wild Things Are -- http://www.cobaltnovember.com

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Cobalt November didn't cry.

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Cobalt November Ooh, I made people aaaaangry! http://bit.ly/2Uba0n

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In 2007, two artists who were hot in the California scene committed suicide, one after the other, following fits of paranoia the two suffered, fearing the government and religious organizations were conspiring against them. ...
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Cobalt November I'm very excited for Where the Wild Things Are at midnight tonight. I don't WANT to cry...but I won't hold back either...

15 October at 13:32
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Cobalt November
I think our showing's all sold out, actually. Do you not know what you're seeing in 466 until the week of??
15 October at 19:54
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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009) is very loosely based off of a Tucker Max book of the same name. The book is a compilation of short, unapologetic “autobiographical” stories about the author’s insane sexual exploits in graphic detail. They’re crude. They’re misogynistic. And they...
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Before you read this review, I want you to watch this trailer. I’ve been pretty hard on a lot of film ad campaigns this year, because a lot of them have misrepresented their films so poorly, it’s been impossible to ignore. So, for the first time, I’d like to applaud one for getting it right. This...