Broken Blossoms

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(1919, D.W. Griffith)
Just under the wire of my Leap Day deadline, I finished my latest Top 1000 Films assignment.
I think I prefer silent comedies to silent dramas in general, although I loved The Passion of Joan of Arc. Something about the level of pathos mixed with long stretches of simply accompaniment permits my ADD-addled brain [...]

Scoop

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(2006, Woody Allen)
Further proof that Scar-Jo might not be a good enough actress for a starring role. She’s drop-dead beautiful, but not cunning enough to pull off playing the Woody-with-Breasts role.
Beyond that, this film is lazy and unfunny throughout. Maybe a film a year is getting to be too much for the Woodman. A major [...]

Rocket Science

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(2007, Jeffrey Blitz)
Contrary to the film’s high-school debate setting, nothing significantly affirmative and negative about it. Moderately amusing, moderately shot, moderately well-executed.
Kind of a letdown from Blitz’s magnificent doc Spellbound. It also makes one wonder if Blitz can make a feature about adults.
2.5/5.0