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stench

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Transformers

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 6, 2007 ⋅ 5 comments

Transformers is everyone’s favourite summer movie. But guess what? Your cranky, resident film critic didn’t think much of it. Big surprise.

Domino

By jelewis8 ⋅ October 27, 2005 ⋅ One comment

The stench of Tony Scott rests all over the two hour seizure experiment called Domino, and if that’s not a warning to the wise, then consider this: what is lacking in substance isn’t nearly made up for in style, though Scott dearly tries to convince us otherwise. He is well aware there’s nothing here but [...]

The Smell of Rain

By jelewis8 ⋅ September 20, 2005 ⋅ 3 comments

City rain falls in East Los Angeles. It’s a smell that brings memory of ozone, but there’s something dirty about it, like it’s been through a cloudbank of pure pollution. This is LA, so that’s probably it. I step out from the gated yard and clop clop clop to my car, noticing the odor. It’s [...]

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