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Tag: javier bardem

reviews

MOTHER!

Abrasive, presumptuous, abhorrent, and incorrigible…but so are the times we now live in

Posted on October 5, 2017September 28, 2019
reviews

THE COUNSELOR

That cheeseburger you regret eating the minute you’rve taken the last bite? That’s Ridley Scott ‘s ugly tale of high stakes and low morals.

Posted on October 25, 2013October 29, 2013
trailers

Bad Man’s World: THE COUNSELOR Trailer

Something tells me that this will either be amazing, or terrible.

Posted on June 26, 2013June 30, 2013
trailers

A Momentary Lapse of Reason: TO THE WONDER Trailer

Sooner or later, every artist disappoints you. Is it Terrence Malick’s turn?

Posted on January 3, 2013January 7, 2013
reviews

SKYFALL

“That which we are, we are…
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”

Posted on November 12, 2012November 17, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TO THE WONDER Plays TIFF 2012

At the halfway mark of the festival, I arrived at my most anticipated screening. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it sure as hell wasn’t that.

Posted on September 13, 2012September 14, 2012
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2012 pt. ii

Talkin’ TO THE WONDER with Tom Clift as TIFF 2012 coverage continues.

Posted on September 12, 2012September 11, 2020
reviews

BIUTIFUL

Inarritu Needs to Go Back to Filming Parallel Stories.

Posted on February 17, 2011April 7, 2012
TIFF, trailers

At My Most Beautiful (BIUTIFUL Trailer)

Sometime today I should receive an email from TIFF telling me what films I have indeed secured tickets for. I’m actually quite optimistic that I’ll … Read More ›

Posted on August 31, 2010August 15, 2011
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 10 – 02 ( Chatter From Fellow Bloggers )

Today is a strange day. As you read this, I am off to lord knows where at the mercy of my best man. I know … Read More ›

Posted on October 2, 2009March 8, 2012
reviews

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
reviews

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

There are no clean getaways…

Posted on December 9, 2007October 24, 2013

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