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Tag: drama

reviews

CATFISH

Why Do We Revel in Calling “Bullshit”?

Posted on October 10, 2010June 2, 2012
trailers

Get In The Ring (FIGHTER Trailer)

Marky Mark Laces Up the Gloves While Bale Gets Skinny Again.

Posted on October 6, 2010August 13, 2011
reviews

THE SOCIAL NETWORK

WALL STREET With a Web 2.0 Spin

Posted on October 3, 2010April 13, 2015
reviews, Ryan Recommends

THE AMERICAN

“I Don’t Think God is Very Interested in Me, Father”

Posted on September 21, 2010July 2, 2019
festivals, TIFF, Toronto

TIFF Review: NEVER LET ME GO

A Wonderful Film I Made the Mistake of Reading First.

Posted on September 19, 2010October 23, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF, Toronto

TIFF Review: NORWEGIAN WOOD

It Took an Entire Week, but TIFF 2010 Has Finally Let Me Down.

Posted on September 18, 2010August 14, 2011
festivals, reactions, TIFF, Toronto

TIFF Review: BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA (THE LAST CIRCUS)

Absolute Opera.

Posted on September 16, 2010August 14, 2011
festivals, reactions, TIFF, Toronto

TIFF Review: MIRAL

The Miral is a wild red flower that grows on the side of the road. That in itself is an encouraging thought – that something … Read More ›

Posted on September 15, 2010July 25, 2011
festivals, TIFF, Toronto

TIFF Review: 127 HOURS

Ladies and Gentlemen: My Frontrunner.

Posted on September 14, 2010August 14, 2011
reviews

GET LOW

As Our Lives Draw to Their Close, The Want for Redemption and Understanding Grows.

Posted on September 5, 2010June 2, 2012
watchin' & writin'

Back to Basics – ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

What Happens When the Inmates Try to Take Over the Asylum.

Posted on September 1, 2010September 22, 2012
TIFF, trailers

The Climb (127 HOURS Trailer)

Ready to Move On From SLUMDOG, Danny Boyle Returns with James Franco’s One-Man-Show.

Posted on August 25, 2010August 16, 2011

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