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Me in My Union Suit!

by Steven D. Greydanus Friday, April 29, 2011 11:30 AM Comments (8)

Okay, technically that’s misleading since it isn’t really my Union suit: I rented this Yankee soldier uniform from the helpful folks at the Party Stop & Costume Corner in Westfield, NJ for this 30-second review of the Civil War-era film The Conspirator. I really dug the film, and I had a lot of fun doing this review. Enjoy!

 

Filed under 30-second reviews, movie reviews, movies, reel faith

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Posted by Mark Shea on Friday, Apr 29, 2011 3:29 PM (EDT):

Okay.  First, this “30 second” reviews was **41 seconds**! Half my morning has been wasted!

Second, if you review Civil War Movies in your Union suit, does this mean you will be review “Babies” in your birthday suit?  Cuz I for one don’t want to see that.

Third, will you be reviewing “The Lincoln Lawyer” in a lawsuit?

I will now duck.

Posted by Gail F on Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 10:36 AM (EDT):

GROAN!!!!

Posted by SDG on Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 11:59 AM (EDT):

Mark: I thought I WAS reviewing “The Lincoln Lawyer”!

Posted by Judy on Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 12:21 PM (EDT):

Thanks!  It saved me having to read anything about it and I know what movie my husband and I will be seeing.  We go to the movies so seldom. Oh, how many breath’s did you have to take? And I agree w/Mark; no birthday suits, please: )
Christ’s peace!

Posted by Mike Wallster on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 7:41 AM (EDT):

Any chance you’ll review a Godzilla movie in the appropriate costume?

Posted by SDG on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 11:47 AM (EDT):

@ Mike Wallster: Anything’s possible.

Posted by James F. on Monday, May 9, 2011 1:33 PM (EDT):

@Mark Shea, Actually, if you cut out the intro and outro animations it’s only 35 seconds.

Posted by Linebyline on Monday, Jun 6, 2011 7:24 PM (EDT):

@Mark Shea: You made me smile. But clearly your time is more valuable than mine.
   
@Steven: First time I’ve actually watched one of these. Shame on me. I liked your Scooby, Horton, Grinch, and (if memory serves) Hat-Cat, but in the 30(ish)-second format, I think the fact that the review is in meter and rhyme gets lost in the shuffle and just sounds like unusual word choice. Still, not a bad video.
   
I want to see what you wear for Iron Man 3 or Incredibles 2, when/if those get made.

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Steven D. Greydanus is film critic for the National Catholic Register and Decent Films, the online home for his film writing. He writes regularly for Christianity Today, Catholic World Report and other venues, and is a regular guest on several radio shows. Steven has contributed several entries to the New Catholic Encyclopedia, including “The Church and Film” and a number of filmmaker biographies. He has also written about film for the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy. He has a BFA in Media Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York, and an MA in Religious Studies from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, PA. He is pursuing diaconal studies in the Archdiocese of Newark. Steven and Suzanne have seven children.