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Entries Tagged as 'Andrew Niccol'

Lord of War (2005, Andrew Niccol)

April 23rd, 2006 No Comments

Lord of War fails on quite a few levels–I suppose some of the direction is interesting and some of the puns are funny–but it still surprised me when it attempted to be civic-minded in the end. I should have seen it coming, but I was a little distracted by the end. The last scene and […]

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Gattaca (1997, Andrew Niccol)

October 13th, 2005 No Comments

I guess I forgot about Gattaca, because I was worried about it….
Which was stupid.
Gattaca is, in my non-brother-having opinion, the best film about brothers ever made. East of Eden was about fathers and sons and I can’t think of any other good examples right now. I’m transferring over a bunch of old Stop Button reviews […]

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