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Tag: dvd

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THE WRESTLER

What happens to a star when the lights come up and the crowd has gone home?

Posted on January 25, 2009August 27, 2012
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RACHEL GETTING MARRIED

RACHEL GETTING MARRIED is about a wedding. No, really.

Posted on January 1, 2009April 10, 2015
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THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON begins with a story about a clockmaker who built a clock for a New Orleans train station…a clock that … Read More ›

Posted on December 28, 2008November 30, 2014
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Doubleback: TROPIC THUNDER

Edit: I’ve mentioned before that I felt movies I don’t get to see in a theatre are ones I shouldn’t write a full-out review for. … Read More ›

Posted on December 22, 2008
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DOUBT

Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty

Posted on December 21, 2008August 30, 2012
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MILK

Gus van Sant’s beautiful portrait of different sort of hopeful audacity.

Posted on December 8, 2008February 4, 2012
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VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

As we travel, we tend to take a vacation from more than just our day-to-day…sometimes we take a vacation from everything we’re known to be back home.

Posted on December 7, 2008August 7, 2013
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AUSTRALIA

What has become of the epic?

Posted on November 29, 2008August 30, 2012
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TWILIGHT

Yep: I watched it.

Posted on November 22, 2008August 30, 2012
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QUANTUM OF SOLACE

007 returns to give his enemies a better view to a kill.

Posted on November 22, 2008November 7, 2015
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SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK

And now for something completely different…

Posted on November 22, 2008August 31, 2012
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PRIDE AND GLORY

On paper, this all probably seemed like a really great idea.

Posted on November 22, 2008January 12, 2013

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