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Tag: nicole kidman

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

DESTROYER plays TIFF 2018

Karyn Kusama returns with the next great Los Angeles cop story.

Posted on September 16, 2018November 15, 2018
reviews

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

A long walk through beautiful rooms, each one filled with ugly moments

Posted on November 14, 2017September 22, 2019
reviews

THE BEGUILED

True violence comes from the quiet backswing of the blade – not the grunt as it is brought down

Posted on July 6, 2017September 11, 2020
reviews

LION

He is inimitable; he is an original.

Posted on December 14, 2016September 28, 2019
reviews

STOKER

Park Chan Wook finally gets 2013 going with a twisted tale of American Gothic.

Posted on March 3, 2013March 8, 2013
trailers

Family Portrait: STOKER Trailer

Of of South Korea’s very best directors is about to unleash his talents on North American audiences. Wanna bet they have no idea what they’re in for?

Posted on October 10, 2012October 14, 2012
reviews

RABBIT HOLE

Sometimes in life we lose sight of who we are, and instead allow what we are to set the course. Eventually that course becomes so … Read More ›

Posted on February 9, 2011April 7, 2012
trailers

Parents Just Don’t Understand (RABBIT HOLE Trailer)

I think that might take the award for most inappropriate use for song title/post title crossover. Four years ago, I was lucky enough to meet … Read More ›

Posted on October 27, 2010March 20, 2012
reviews

NINE

Good luck maestro…you’re gonna need it.

Posted on December 30, 2009January 13, 2012
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Mambo Italiano (Rob Marshall’s NINE Trailer)

Seeing this trailer left me with more than a few questions. For starters, how did a remake of a autobiographical movie by one of the … Read More ›

Posted on May 27, 2009
reviews

AUSTRALIA

What has become of the epic?

Posted on November 29, 2008August 30, 2012
dvd doubleback

THE GOLDEN COMPASS

Quite often when I finish watching a movie based on a book, I find myself wanting to read the source material. This is quite true … Read More ›

Posted on August 18, 2008March 30, 2012

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