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Ryan Smith Blog
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Thoughts on film and music by filmmaker Ryan Smith, based in Franklin, TN.
Recent Posts
Avatar ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The story of Avatar is familiar territory: during a time of war or unrest, an outsider from one “tribe” is welcomed into the enemy tribe, and soon finds himself siding with his former adversaries. Think Dances With Wolves. Think The Last...
December Reviews
These reviews appear in the latest issue of Southern Exposure Magazine. UP IN THE AIR (DEC. 25) ★ ★ ★ ★ In this expertly constructed dramedy by director Jason Reitman (Juno, Thank You For Smoking), George Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a man wh...
Home Theater
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS (2008) ★ ★ ★ Director: Mark Herman Slickly produced drama about a Nazi commandant’s son who strikes up a friendship with a Jewish boy in the concentration camp his father oversees. There are some good perfo...
Home Theater
THX 1138 SPECIAL EDITION (1971/2004) ★ ★ ★ Director: George Lucas George Lucas’s debut film still holds up stylistically. The newly added “special edition” footage is unnecessary, but rarely distracting. Cinematography, editi...
The Invention of Fireproof Lying
Ricky Gervais’ comic farce The Invention of Lying and Sherwood Pictures’ Christian hit Fireproof actually have something in common. They are both examples of using film as an opportunity to preach from a soap box. Fireproof informs us th...
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