Tag Archives: movies based on books

I’m Excited to See The Oath (2023) Next Week

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I don’t usually express excitement about a movie that hasn’t come out yet, but I’m going to make an exception for The Oath (2023). It’s coming out this Friday, December 8. One of my brothers told me about it a … Continue reading →

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Goodfellas Is a Chiasmus, as Far Back as I Can Remember

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

As far back as I can remember, there have always been symmetrical movies. All the way back to the Buster Keaton classic The General, where the film is structured (appropriately enough) like a railroad track. Well, today we’re going to … Continue reading →

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Die Hard Isn’t Just a Christmas Movie, It’s a Chiasmus Movie

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

The story structure of Die Hard forms a really cool chiasmus, meaning that its first and second halves mirror each other. This is the second film I was sent by a reader named Jay. He mapped it all out for … Continue reading →

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The Truth Shall Set You Free

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I recently received an email saying that I had been caught on a Web camera doing horribly lewd things. The sender wanted me to pay a lot of money to keep it quiet. It sounded like I was in quite … Continue reading →

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The Hurricane Is a Natural Follow-up to The Shawshank Redemption

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I remember hearing about The Hurricane when it came out in 1999, but I wasn’t able to go see it. And then I just kind of forgot about it. Until recently when it popped into my head, and I haven’t … Continue reading →

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I Figured Out What Dune (1984) Is Missing

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Frank Herbert’s Dune is one of my favorite books. And David Lynch’s Dune (1984) is a guilty pleasure of mine. For a long time, I’ve been fascinated by its failure. What is it about that interpretation of Dune that doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Clever Foreshadowing in The Dark Knight

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I love the dialogue in The Dark Knight. It’s punchy, full of memorable lines, and has plenty of excellent callbacks to Batman Begins and earlier lines within the film itself. “You either die a hero, or you live long enough … Continue reading →

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And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Remember that 2008 movie where, near the start, a bunch of mobsters’ money disappears from every bank in their city and gets put into one big pot that none of them have control over? And yet they’re told (by the … Continue reading →

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Pride and Prejudice (1995) Is a Beautiful Chiasmus (Complete)

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

This is a love letter to my wife. When we got married 14 years ago, I had never read Pride and Prejudice. But it’s my wife’s favorite book, so she encouraged me to read it. Of course, I had to … Continue reading →

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Pride and Prejudice (1995) Is a Beautiful Chiasmus (Part 3)

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Once again we return to Pride and Prejudice (1995), the famous BBC miniseries that just so happens to be a perfect chiasmus. In the first part, we explored how Episodes 1 and 6 match up. In the second part, we … Continue reading →

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