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Tag: james gandolfini

trailers

Dirty Blvd: THE DROP Trailer

Sometimes a certain combination of names are enough to get one into the cinema.

Posted on April 2, 2014April 7, 2014
reviews

ENOUGH SAID

Going back a little bit for an under-appreciated gem of 2013.

Posted on December 27, 2013September 11, 2020
reviews

THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE

How hard is it to pull some sincerity out of a hat before the entire audience disappears?

Posted on March 17, 2013March 22, 2013
trailers

Use Your Illusions: THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE Trailer

It might not make anyone’s top ten of 2013, but riddle me this: What else are ya gonna watch in March?

Posted on January 16, 2013January 21, 2013
reviews

ZERO DARK THIRTY

Don’t waste any time in deciding whether this film is for or against anything we did in the last decade. Instead, worry about the fact that we did it at all.

Posted on January 13, 2013October 13, 2015
reviews

KILLING THEM SOFTLY

These are tough economic times for everyone – even the criminal underworld. At least, that’s what a this film wants you to believe.

Posted on December 2, 2012October 18, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: VIOLET & DAISY

This Travelling Sisterhood Wants More Than Just Pants.

Posted on September 16, 2011September 11, 2020
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Doubleback: IN THE LOOP

Perhaps the best way to explain the strange days we find ourselves in, is to tell an even stranger story. IN THE LOOP is a … Read More ›

Posted on February 14, 2010
reviews

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Jonze takes the imposing beasts Maurice Sendak first made us all afraid of, and makes them stand in the sunshine until we seem them for what they are: lonely, isolated, and misguided.

Posted on October 28, 2009January 28, 2012
trailers

Wild Nights – WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Trailer!!!!

Oh…my…sweet…Lord!!!!

Posted on March 25, 2009March 29, 2012

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