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The Unreasonable Movie Project (Vol. 9): The Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever

Jay KellyI saw De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone) on January 23, and I do not want to tell you about it. I want to tell you about how tired I am, and that I've seen 12 movies in 17 days. I want to let...

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The Unreasonable Movie Project (Vol. 10): The Prequel to the Remake of a...

Jay Kelly The major complaint of movies these days is that no one is coming up with any original ideas. I do not dispute the disturbing number of sequels and prequels and sequels to the prequels, but...

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The Unreasonable Movie Project (Vol. 11): The Master of Moonshine and Mood...

Jay KellyWhen Ben Affleck won Best Director at the Golden Globes, he seemed genuinely honored during his speech to win among such great directors, and then compared the director of The Master, Paul...

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The Unreasonable Movie Project (Vol. 12): 12-Year-Old Kids and Imaginary...

Jay Kelly When my wife leaves, the conversation often turns to more childish things at my house..."Will, how was your day at school?" I ask."Good," Will says."How about you Louise, you have a good...

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The Unreasonable Movie Project (Vol. 13): Man Vs. The Ocean

Jay KellyThe movies we're going to take on today are good old fashioned disaster movies, boys and girls. More specifically, movies about Man Vs. The Ocean. This is a solid sub-genre, with some worthy...

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The Unreasonable Movie Project (Vol. 14): Fishing For Decent Movies in the...

Jay KellyYou caught me. I didn't see Amour last night. I went to work, came home, ate dinner, talked to my wife and kids, then watched Salmon Fishing in the Yemen on DVD. I was then going to go to a...

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The Unreasonable Movie Project (Vol. 15): I've Seen This Movie Before and...

Jay KellyIt's tough to get my friend Jim out to see a movie. Don't get me wrong, he loves movies, but he loves them much more OFNF - On Flatscreen Near Fridge. He's the nightmare scenario personified...

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The Unreasonable Movie Project (Vol. 16): Love, Violence, and Kevin Bacon

Jay Kelly"How are you going to write about Amour and Django Unchained in the same post?" my wife asked. It's an interesting question. If you look at the list of Best Picture nominees, there might not...

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The Unreasonable Movie Project (Vol. 17): Recapping The Slog, Previewing The...

Jay KellySo I was planning on giving you a wonderfully insightful and entertaining recap of Les Misérables and Zero Dark Thirty, with maybe some Arbitrage and Bernie thrown in before I previewed the...

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The Unreasonable Movie Project (Vol. 18): 4 Days Later, The Most Untimely...

Jay KellySo now that we've had 4 days to reflect on the 85th Annual Academy Awards, and all hope of timeliness is gone, The Unreasonable Movie Project (UMP) has decided it will now weigh in... My kids...

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