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Time spent watching films, even crappy ones, is time well-spent.

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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

5/24/2013

Side Effects (2013)

Smart but muted thriller about a depressed woman who murders her husband while on an anti-depressant. It’s really well-acted but some of the shot choices were weird and, unless they were intended to slightly annoy the viewer, they missed the mark with me.

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5/03/2013

Bernie (2012)

Fascinating and entertaining true story of Bernie, a beloved small-town funeral director who killed the meanest lady in town.

This is just such a nutty charmer of a movie that I doubted its veracity quite a few times. Dozens of townspeople tell their story documentary-style (and we find out in the end credits that the people we've seen are the actual townspeople), and they do so with gusto. A pleasure to watch.

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