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Tag: william hurt

reviews

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

It’s not about the fight, it’s about what causes it.

Posted on May 10, 2016September 28, 2019
trailers

Splinter – CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Trailer

You’ve seen them come together, now watch them fall apart.

Posted on November 25, 2015April 30, 2019
trailers

Our Song: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY Trailer

There are two sides to every story…just usually not in the same film.

Posted on July 2, 2014July 6, 2014
blind spot series

Blindsided by BROADCAST NEWS

How do you create a comedy that will last? You begin with the assumption that your audience isn’t a bunch of idiots. Armed with that assumption, its amazing how well a comedy can endure.

Posted on April 23, 2013June 30, 2015
watchin' & writin'

Back to Basics – AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Come away, o human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand…

Posted on May 17, 2010November 8, 2012
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ROBIN HOOD

If this film was a comic book, it’d be called “Robin Hood: Secret Origin”

Posted on May 16, 2010June 6, 2012
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HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY

Sometimes the creative vision of a director really is the star of the show.

Posted on July 12, 2008September 1, 2012
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THE INCREDIBLE HULK

If at first you don’t succeed; try, try again…

Posted on June 23, 2008April 30, 2019
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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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