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Entries Tagged as 'Brother/brother relationship'

A Picaresque Robot Version of Pinocchio

February 28th, 2010 · 8 Comments

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by Steven Spielberg, screen story by Ian Watson, based on the short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Bonnie Curtis
Running time: 146 minutes
Should I Care?
There are science fiction films that improve with age — Blade Runner tops the list [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Ambiguous ending · Based on short story · Brother/brother relationship · Dreams and visions · End of the world · Man vs. machine · Mother/son relationship · Prostitute · Road trip

Teen Movies Don’t Interest Me

July 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Rocket Science (2007)
Written by Jeffrey Blitz
Directed by Jeffrey Blitz
Produced by B&W Films/ Duly Noted, Inc./ HBO Films
Running time: 101 minutes
By Joe Valdez

So, What’s This About?
While arguing against farm subsidies at the New Jersey State High School Policy Debate Championships, Ben Wekselbaum (Nicholas D’Agosto) — the greatest public speaker that Plainsboro High School has ever [...]

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Tags: Brother/brother relationship · Coming of age · Drunk scene · Father/son relationship · High school · Master and pupil · No opening credits · Psychoanalysis

Why Wasn’t This In Theaters?

January 13th, 2009 · 9 Comments

The Boondock Saints (1999)
Written by Troy Duffy
Directed by Troy Duffy
Produced by Brood Syndicate/ Chris Brinker Productions/ Fried Films/ The Lloyd Segan Company/ Franchise Pictures
Running time: 110 minutes

Synopsis
After whipping a trio of Russian mobsters in a pub brawl, Irish Catholic twins Connor McManus (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy McManus (Norman Reedus) are paid a visit [...]

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Tags: Brother/brother relationship · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · Forensic evidence · Hitman · Interrogation · Shootout

The Blues Brothers (1980)

November 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Synopsis
Upon his release from Joliet Correctional Center, “Joliet” Jake Blues (John Belushi) is met by his brother Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) in an old Mt. Prospect police car. Elwood takes Jake directly to St. Helen Blessed Shroud Orphanage to visit The Penguin (Kathleen Freeman), the nun who raised them. She reveals that the Cook [...]

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Tags: Brother/brother relationship · Concert · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Femme fatale · Interrogation · Master and pupil · Music