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Entries Tagged as 'Master and pupil'

The Protagonist Is, Uh, A Heavy Guy

August 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments

The Tao of Steve (2000)
Screenplay by Greer Goodman & Jenniphr Goodman and Duncan North, story by Duncan North
Directed by Jenniphr Goodman
Produced by Good Machine
Running time: 87 minutes
So, What’s This About?
At his 10-year high school reunion in Santa Fe, a chubby slouch named Dex (Donal Logue) and his married conquest (Ayelet Kaznelson) get it on [...]

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Tags: Master and pupil · Unconventional romance

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

Taste Test: Spartacus (1960) vs. Gladiator (2000)

July 2nd, 2009 · 8 Comments

By Joe Valdez
What the *&#! Are They About?
In the mines of the Roman province of Libya, slave Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) sinks his teeth into the ankle of a guard, earning himself a death sentence. Recognizing an unbroken spirit he could mold into something great, slave merchant Batiatus (Peter Ustinov) purchases the condemned and returns [...]

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Tags: Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Brother/sister relationship · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Interrogation · Master and pupil · Sword fight

Taste Test: Rosemary’s Baby (1968) vs. The Exorcist (1973)

June 17th, 2009 · 9 Comments

By Joe Valdez

What the *&#! Are They About?
Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) and her husband Guy (John Cassavetes) move into the 7th floor New York apartment of a recently deceased old woman. They ignore the advice of a close friend, who tells them about the Bramford Building’s “unpleasant reputation around the turn of the century”, [...]

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Tags: Ambiguous ending · Based on novel · Beasts and monsters · Dreams and visions · End of the world · Interrogation · Master and pupil · Paranoia