Rich Man’s 2001: A Space Odyssey: I don’t love Kubrick and I find most of 2001 pretty slow. Moon’s by no means a perfect movie, but it’s got thrills and is definitely a more fun movie. ★★★★☆ This week I watched a 90 minute Twilight Zone-esque movie called Moon. The opening monologue tells you that […]

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Rich man’s The Man with The Golden Arm: Both films have elements of addiction and how an addict’s relationships are affected by their lifestyle. Rounders is definitely slicker and more fun. ★★★★★ Damn it, Josh has really hit it out of the park the last couple of weeks. T2 kicked ass. I watched Ex Machina […]

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Rich Man’s Heathers: Both films are definitely in the dark comedy genre, but I feel like World’s Greatest Dad has more meat on the bone. Out of the two, it definitely made me think more. ★★★★☆ World’s Greatest Dad is a black comedy film written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, who, if you’re a 90s […]

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Rich Man’s The Matrix Reloaded: Both of these movies deal with the fate of humanity when overcome with technology and both of these movies have both good and bad parts. However, T2 is able to create  cohesive and overall enjoyable film, while Reloaded is just another sequel that didn’t live up to the original. ★★★★☆ […]

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Poor man’s Sleepwalk With Me. Harmontown and Sleepwalk With Me felt like very similar movies. Both look at someone in the middle of traumatic period in their lives, but I didn’t find either that interesting, although I do want to learn more about the characters studied. ★★☆☆☆ I have mixed feelings about documentaries. In order […]

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Rich man’s Spectre: I didn’t really enjoy Spectre. To quote Samuel L Jackson in Kingsman, “Nowadays they’re all a little serious for my taste, but the old [Bond films]… marvelous. Give me a far-fetched theatrical plot any day.” Kingsman: The Secret Service delivers on that promise. ★★★★★ Daniel Craig is at the same time one […]

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Rich Man’s Comet: Both cover ground about relationships and both are sort of funny. However, Sleepwalk With Me did make me want to watch Birbiglia’s stand-up, which is a plus, I guess. ★★☆☆☆ This week I watched Sleepwalk with Me, Mike Birbiglia’s first foray into writing/directing. The film is basically a film adaptation of his […]

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Rich man’s Tucker and Dale vs Evil: This is a horror movie that’s not really about horror. Where Tucker and Dale use humor to pervert the horror genre, Let The Right One In uses drama. ★★★★☆ BOO! It’s Halloween! In honor of this holiday of candy and costumes, I was forced to watch Let The […]

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Poor man’s Do The Right Thing: while American History X is definitely more shocking, I felt that Do The Right Thing does a better job of showing the motivations of the characters, even though I really don’t like Do The Right Thing. ★★★☆☆ American History X has been on my radar for a long, long […]

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Poor man’s The Graduate: Both movies are excellent, and as you’ll read, they have many similarities. However, The Graduate edges out Harold and Maude on account of being one of the best movies ever made. ★★★★☆ This week Josh assigned me a movie I’ve been avoiding since he suggested we watch it in 2009. I […]

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