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R.I.P., Sidney Lumet
"Good style, to me, is unseen style." The film director Sidney Lumet was quoted as saying so in the New York Times obituary notice...
Film Shorts
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Arthur (PG-13) Russell Brand stars in this remake of the 1981 comedy as a spoiled wealthy playboy who must support himself when faced with...
Hanna and the Company
Our action thrillers right now seem to be awash in young girls who are stone cold killers. The odd British entry Hanna is the...
Win Win Loses Half the Battle
By all rights I should like Tom McCarthy’s movies much better than I do. The writer-director of low-budget dramedies The Station Agent and The...
Blogging “Black Swan” (Finale)
I issued a SPOILER WARNING earlier but now seems like a good time to repeat it: ALL THE PLOT DEVELOPMENTS ARE GIVEN AWAY IN...
Blogging “Black Swan” (Part 4)
All the sexy stuff is in here, so be advised. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3.
• In the aftermath of yet another humiliation at...
Film Shorts
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Cat Run (R) John Stockwell’s comic thriller is about two bumbling detectives (Scott Mechlowicz and Alphonso McAuley) hired to protect a high-priced escort (Paz...
Blogging “Black Swan” (Part 3)
I didn't know how many installments there would be of this series when I started out, but now I've decided there will be five....
Source Code: Every Time I Die
Spoiler alert: This review gives away a major plot point (but we’ll warn you again when it’s coming).
Many big Hollywood science-fiction films set...
Insidious: Last House on the Left
Damn, I love haunted house movies: The Haunting (the 1963 original), The Changeling, Alien (it’s a haunted house in space, OK?), you name it....
