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reviews

BERNIE

Rumour has it…

Posted on June 3, 2012June 8, 2012
reviews

WHERE DO WE GO NOW? (ET MAINTENANT ON VA OÙ?)

When you’ve managed to build a delicate religious harmony, you sometimes have to get creative in how you protect it.

Posted on May 27, 2012May 31, 2012
trailers

Baby, You’re a Rich Man – THE GREAT GATSBY Trailer

Surely you must know Gatsby…

Posted on May 23, 2012May 28, 2012
trailers

Call the Law – GANGSTER SQUAD Trailer

This could be badass, or it could just be bad…

Posted on May 16, 2012May 21, 2012
trailers

Dancing With Myself – LOOPER Trailer

The brain trust who brought us BRICK have returned with some badass sci-fi for 2012.

Posted on April 18, 2012October 18, 2013
watchin' & writin'

Another Day – DEAD MAN WALKING

In an attempt to find my bearings, I go back to a crossroads in my past as a filmgoer.

Posted on April 12, 2012December 24, 2012
reviews

THE HUNGER GAMES

The wands have been put away and the sparkly vampires are being handed their hat. get ready for the next big young adult adaptation…one that shows true promise for all involved.

Posted on March 23, 2012November 20, 2014
trailers

On To The Next One (THE BOURNE LEGACY Trailer)

Will this be another franchise successfully rebooted? Or one that falls on its face as it enters its second act?

Posted on February 29, 2012March 4, 2012
reviews

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

Sometimes you can follow the best parenting book to the letter, and still have a child that is truly screwed up.

Posted on February 19, 2012October 3, 2012
trailers

President Dead (ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER Trailer)

Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers put forth a call to beware of the undead…

Posted on February 15, 2012February 20, 2012
reviews

THE IRON LADY

Over the last ten or twelve years, Meryl Streep has given moviegoers some of the very best performances they have ever witnessed. This isn’t one of them.

Posted on February 12, 2012April 9, 2013
dvd doubleback

A BETTER LIFE

This is why I chase down Oscar nominees.

Posted on February 7, 2012February 12, 2012

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