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Tag: emile hirsch

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LONE SURVIVOR

What is it that makes this film feel so “twenty years ago”, and why is that not good enough any more?

Posted on February 2, 2014February 7, 2014
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KILLER JOE

Southern style deep-fried murder might look good on the plate, but not everybody is going to want to take a bite.

Posted on September 2, 2012September 5, 2012
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Love Revolution (TAKING WOODSTOCK Trailer)

I’m slightly late to the party in posting this trailer (it’s been around for easily a month or two)…but I finally caught the clip before … Read More ›

Posted on July 3, 2009
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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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INTO THE WILD

Sean Penn lends some visual poetry to one starry-eyed idealist’s moment of self-destruction.

Posted on September 29, 2007June 4, 2013

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