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The Blindspot Series: Die Hard

January 29, 2012 / posted in Movies, Reviews / 5 Comments

So I’m an obsessive list-builder and to-do lister and have decided to lump myself in with these crazy people and create my own Blind Side/Blind Spot series. (I prefer the latter because the former makes me think I’ve been hit with a truck or a lawsuit.) It’s a completely self-directed monthly list that encourages, nay, forces us to watch movies we should have, by all accounts, seen by now. This could be films we’ve purchased and left aside, classics we’ve ignored, auteurs we’ve avoided or pop culture we’ve passed on.

I’ve not yet determined my full set of films, I think it’ll be a more organic process, discovering films I’d genuinely like to discuss will be key. But this month, we can all agree that this girl really, really, really needed to finally see Die Hard.

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This Week I Watched: Hobbits, Cheerleaders and a Tinkering Tailored Soldiering Spy?

January 9, 2012 / posted in Movies, Reviews / No Comments


So, I’ve discovered that I am pretty awful at tracking my film habit. I equate it to what I imagine smoking is like. I don’t pay that much attention to how many films I watch since I just put stuff on subconsciously or head to the cinema on a whim. That said, I’m not always in the mindset to track my movies and try to be as organic in my viewing habits as possible But NO MORE, SIR. This year I’m going to do my goddamnedest (is that a word?) to track the films I watch in the theatres AND at home. I did alright last year tracking films in theatres, that is, the ones I paid for. It’s easy when you find a stub in your pocket, but I did piss-poorly on my Foreign Academy Award list (essentially I spent more time planning that post and formatting it than I did actually watching the list) and decided to try something different. Coming next week? My Blind Spot list, inspired by Ryan’s attempt to see those must-see films that somehow he missed. Sneak preview? The list has Hoop Dreams and Die Hard on it so far, this year is going to be pretty good.

My New Years resolutions were simple, stop procrastinating and write more, so hopefully this helps.

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