Posts Tagged ‘Ryan Gosling’
Beyond the Pines: Fathers and Sons
Generations marked by crime and justice concern this big, flawed drama.KRISTIAN LIN
I hate to agree with the consensus, but sometimes there’s just nowhere else to go. Three years ago, Derek Cianfrance made a magnificent filmmaking debut with Blue Valentine, his study of a marriage’s beginning and ending. H...
Gangster Squad: Old Hats
This retro cop thriller is rotten at its core.KRISTIAN LIN
As you’ve probably heard, Gangster Squad was supposed to arrive in theaters last September, but it was also supposed to include a scene (visible in the film’s early trailers) of the bad guys shooting up the audience in a mo...
The Best Lead Performances of 2011
Kristian LinAssembling the photos for this blog post made me painfully aware that there are no actors of color on this list. I’m not happy about it, either, but I just couldn’t bring myself to list Viola Davis in The Help just ...