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Tag: drama

reviews

THE IDES OF MARCH

Politics Can Be a Dirty Game. But the Politics of Politics is More Than Just Dirty: It’s Downright Bloody.

Posted on October 7, 2011January 12, 2013
reviews

50 / 50

The Saying is “As Serious As Cancer”. But What Happens When Someone Takes cancer a Little Less Seriously?

Posted on October 2, 2011February 4, 2013
reviews

MONEYBALL

In Movies – Just Like In Baseball – Being ‘Good On Paper’ Will Only Take You So Far.

Posted on September 23, 2011January 13, 2014
trailers

In My Secret Life (J. EDGAR Trailer)

Dirty Harry Directs Jack Dawson as America’s Top Cop.

Posted on September 21, 2011September 25, 2011
reviews

DRIVE

Nicholas Winding Refn Gets Hollywood Actors and a Hollywood Budget, but Sticks to His Grindhouse Guns.

Posted on September 20, 2011January 28, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: SHAME

When Hot Actors Engage in Cold Sex the Results Could Strike Some as Lukewarm.

Posted on September 14, 2011September 12, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: A DANGEROUS METHOD

Cronenberg Asks “…And How Did That Make You Feel?”

Posted on September 14, 2011September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: THE IDES OF MARCH

Clooney Gets Back Behind the Camera to Tell a Tale of The Politics Involved With Politics.

Posted on September 11, 2011September 11, 2020
reviews

BEGINNERS

Yet Another Life Less Ordinary.

Posted on September 1, 2011February 16, 2012
reviews

CONTAGION

Soderbergh Unleashes a Plague, and Shows Us That The Disease is Just The Beginning of The Danger.

Posted on August 28, 2011January 12, 2013
trailers

Every Day is Yours To Win (MONEYBALL Trailer)

Brad Pitt stars in the story of how one small market GM changed the way an MLB team is built.

Posted on July 27, 2011August 4, 2011
reviews

MEEK’S CUTOFF

It’s crazy to think that there’s anything left to say in the western genre. After all, the style has been around since the very earliest … Read More ›

Posted on July 18, 2011August 7, 2013

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