Out in Theaters: MUD
Themes of innocence lost and re-invigoration of character are beautifully woven into the subtext and come across as potent and intoxicating, allowing Mud to be something to dwell on rather…
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Weekly Review 23: HUSTLE AND FLOW, MANHATTAN, LIKE CRAZY, THE PERFECT HOST
This week I had a chance to catch up with some more films filling out that ever-growing list of “movies to see.” I finally got to see Terrence Howard‘s knockout performance in Hustle and Flow, Woody Allen‘s masterpiece Manhattan, a rocky rom-com Like Crazy and a David Hyde Pierce psychopathic-thriller The Perfect Host. Hustle...
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Out in Theaters: OBLIVION
Oblivion has the DNA of The Matrix, Alien, Wall-E, Terminator and especially Duncan Jones' Moon and while it's hard to ignore the influence that those films had on Oblivion, Kosinski…
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Out in Theaters: 42
At the center of the 42 is a stirring tale of resistance, will-power, personal triumph and character- a Jesus-esque tale of turning the other cheek and growing in spite of…
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Out in Theaters: TRANCE
It takes a tested hand like Boyle’s to turn this relatively minor film into a genre flick buzzing along with tactful cinema purity and a life all its own. The…
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Weekly Review 22: THE INTOUCHABLES, BLACK SNAKE MOAN, FISH TANK
This week in movie watching, I caught up on a few films that I’d been wanting to see from around the world including the French dramedy The Intouchables, Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Rucci deep-south film Black Snake Moan, and a difficult British film that explored some tough issues – Fish Tank. The Intouchables...
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Out in Theaters: THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES
While the scope here offers a commanding view of the nature of reverberations, the mood is repeatedly dour and at times painstakingly hard to watch. This glum tone takes command…
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Out in Theaters: EVIL DEAD
The bottom line: Evil Dead is a gory mess in both substance and execution. This bloody remake drops the campy laughs of the original in favor of an all out…
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Weekly Review 21: TED, BULLY, HOLY MOTORS and THE KILLING
Lazing around on the coach has never been so good, especially when it’s considered “work”. This week, I took a look at Seth MacFarlane‘s supposed comedy Ted, the acclaimed foreign film from France Holy Motors, the Weinstein‘s MPAA debacle-filled documentary Bully as well as the first season of AMC‘s The Killing. Ted (2012) ...
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Out in Theaters: STOKER
After all is said and done, Stoker adds up to a wonderfully paced creep-fest that knows exactly where to mine for the best elements of suspense. It's morbid revelry in…