February 2012
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Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Leaving Las Vegas is a movie wherein Nicolas Cage wears “alcoholic” make-up and moves to Vegas to drink himself to death, all while terrible music plays. (Seriously, if the soundtrack isn’t Sting, it’s inappropriately placed 50s covers.) Nicolas Cage won an Oscar for his performance. The director, Michael Figgis (also the brains behind the loathsome Timecode) was...
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down time for Downton
Reasons:
1. I haven’t watched a TV show in over a year.
2. Downton Abbey is HIGHLY addictive. I finish Season 2 tonight.
3. “I’m a woman, Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose.”
I’ll be back soon with a review of Leaving Las Vegas, where I’ll ask the question on everyone’s mind: “Why do I torture myself with terrible 90s movies?”