Allen Lew’s Thoughts

My answer for “life, the universe, and everything”

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Superman Returns

April 18th, 2007 · Comments Off

In Superman Returns, Bryan Singer tried very hard to recreate much of the classic look and feel of the earlier Superman movies. Singer succeeds quite well in doing this right from the opening credits. His casting of Brandon Routh as the Man of Steel was surely meant to remind people of the late [...]

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Wordplay

April 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off

When I first heard about the movie Wordplay, I thought it was about the New York Times Crossword puzzle itself and the people who solve it (the regular people and the famous like Jon Stewart, Ken Burns, and Bill Clinton to name a few). Don’t get me wrong, while the film is about the [...]

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Thank You for Smoking

September 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off

An incredibly funny movie about the art of political spin and government, this movie presents a great story from a sort of libertarian (but probably closer to liberal) point of view. Thank You For Smoking takes on just about everything big from lobbyists, politicians, and of course Hollywood. It is dark, immensely funny [...]

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An Inconvenient Truth

June 27th, 2006 · Comments Off

I finally got a chance to this movie and all I can say is wow. It’s been said this movie will terrify you, and it will. It puts together so much information on global warming. After seeing this movie, I feel as though I am more equipped to talk about global warming. [...]

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At the movies

January 13th, 2006 · Comments Off

One of my inspirations for building this site, Jason Kottke, has a cool way of posting about the movies he’s watched. I’m attempting to add something similiar to this site, using the Rate My Stuff plugin. Two movies are listed below. I’m still tweaking and perfecting this though.
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King Kong (2005)

January 13th, 2006 · Comments Off

I am so glad they set this movie in the past, since a modern setting would have killed the wonder of the movie (the old time New York scenes do tend to distract you from the movie though). Terrific movie, though not very strong plot-wise.
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Memoirs of a Geisha

January 13th, 2006 · Comments Off

A beautiful movie, but the acting is not without its flaws. This is mostly due to its non-native English speaking cast.
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