Directed by Mimi Leder I think Pay it Forward wanted to win an Oscar, and because a movie like Crash won, I see why they might think this. But still, Pay It Forward is somewhere between endearing and awful. I'm not sure exactly where. The movie makes great use of Haley Joel Osment, so that's a good jumping … Continue reading Pay It Forward (2000)
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House of Games (1987)
Directed by David Mamet House of Games is one of those movies about a con man in which the audience itself is supposed to be fooled. You see this in Christopher Nolan's The Prestige and in a movie like Now You See It, and such sleight of hand is a tricky thing to pull off. There are … Continue reading House of Games (1987)