Tsotsi, 2005

“Tsotsi” is urban slang for thug in Johannesburg, South Africa, which is where this movie is based.  It tells us a gripping story about life in the true poverty that may be found in the shantytowns of South Africa.  The Tsotsi/Thug to which the title refers is an anonymous black young adult who lives in [...]
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Domino, 2005

Domino’s main problem it’s so ridiculously beyond the scope of reality, even with the suspension of disbelief.  It’s the attitude and casting of The Spice Girls crammed awkwardly into the packaging of a B-rate thriller.  Domino Harvey is an English-accented young woman played by Keira Knightley, born into money in Beverly Hills who [...]
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Waiting…, 2005

Oh, for fuck’s sake is this movie pointless. Sure, there are some points which are pretty funny, but overall it’s the same, tired plot that even Clerks fans have to be getting tired of. Basically, there’s a guy who is working in a dead-end job, making very little money, and [...]
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Memoirs of a Geisha, 2005

When considering what to write in a review after having seen Memoirs of a Geisha it is difficult not to think that this movie is very much what Titanic could have been. The film is as beautiful as the characters are graceful and the story, while revolving around a very specific time [...]
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