Brianland

  film review:  Lucky Numbers (2000) Directed by Nora Ephron; starring John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O’Neil, Richard Schiff, Bill Pullman, Michael Rapaport, Michael Moore. First of all – this is made by Nora Ephron!  Heartburn!  Sleepless!  Her and Penny Marshall have to be the two best female filmmakers going – at least […]

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  I’m Not There — film review “Life is a crazy, dark circus.” FANTASTIC, inspired filmmaking.  (I gotta look for more Todd Haynes.)  Maybe I was super-well prepared for it by this late date, but as it was, I could easily follow it, and it painted a brilliant million-dollar-picture. Obviously the unsuspecting could be caught […]

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. It’s funny when some Americans talk about who is an American and who isn’t . . . It made me think of some commonly-perceived “Great Americans” who weren’t born here, like  . . . Christopher Columbus (Italian)  (“discovered” America, and for whom cities & holidays, and circles & squares are named after) William Penn […]

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Here’s a bunch of online video clips . Here’s my YouTube Channel   —   BrianHassettVideos   — https://www.youtube.com/user/BrianHassettVideos/videos “Brian is the horse of a different color you’ve heard so much about.”                                                     […]

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. Here are some film reviews I’ve written for IMDB.com . . . http://www.imdb.com/user/ur2433069/comments including . . . 1. 1969 (1988)  12 August 2003 2. Bully (2001)  14 August 2003 3. Carny (1980)  20 April 2005 4. Festival Express (2003)  16 September 2003 5. Happy Accidents (2000)  11 September 2003 6. Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)  28 September 2003 7. Kaaterskill Falls (2001)  25 October 2003 8. Luck (2003)  26 March 2006 […]

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It opens Friday, April 4th.  Here’s some info on it . . . Shine A Light  (2008) The Rolling Stones, with Darryl Jones, Chuck Leavell, Blondie Chapman, Bernard Fowler & Lisa Fischer, and a 4-piece horn section led by a wailin’ Bobby Keys. Special Guests:  Buddy Guy, Christina Aguilera, Jack White Directed by Martin Scorsese […]

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. If you’re a fan of funny films and/or sixties music — boy is there a new movie for you!  The comic docu-drama “My Dinner With Jimi“, features master Hendrix, The Beatles, Brian Jones, The Moody Blues, Donovan, Frank Zappa, Jim Morrison and numerous others, all seen through the eyes of the writer, humorist and […]

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