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‘The Journey’ Review: Irish Tete-a-Tete

Philip Brown — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 16:00:14 +0000

“The Troubles” that plagued Ireland for decades are one of the darkest and most fascinating periods of that storied land’s history. The fact that peace was reached at all was remarkable and how it happened is an intriguing question. ‘The Journey’ hopes to provide answers through a fictionalized conversation between the two leaders on both...

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Off the Shelf: Nineteen Eighty-Four

Josh Zyber — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:00:54 +0000

Perhaps feeling a bit cheeky about the political climates brewing in both the United States and the UK at the end of 2015, Blu-ray distributor Twilight Time licensed director Michael Radford’s adaptation of George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ from MGM. The limited edition disc has since sold out and gone out of print. Not coincidentally, it...

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R.I.P. John Hurt

Josh Zyber — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:00:11 +0000

In a five-decade career spanning hundreds of films and TV appearances, John Hurt died countless times on screen, including perhaps the most memorable death scene in all of cinema. Sadly, the actor has played his final role and passed away in real life as well. After establishing himself as a face to watch in theater,...

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‘Jackie’ Review: Tragic Memories, Pretty Dresses

Philip Brown — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:00:30 +0000

‘Jackie’ is one of those movies that attempts to humanize a famous face known mostly from photographs. The Jackie in question is of course the widow of the great John F. Kennedy. His story has been told many times before. This time, the focus is on the extraordinary grief and tragedy that that the First...

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‘Hercules’ Review: Busted Myth

Philip Brown — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:00:32 +0000

As Dwayne Johnson continues his ascent to superstardom, the challenge becomes figuring out just what to do with the guy on the big screen. Obviously he can’t play some nameless office drone. He has to play a larger-than-life figure who might, you know, look like The Rock. So, perhaps inevitably, he’s been cast as Hercules....

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‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ Review: The Hipster Vampire Chronicles

Philip Brown — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 19:00:40 +0000

Jim Jarmusch emerged as a filmmaker with a unique style from his first feature, and one of the most interesting aspects of following his career has been watching the director bend genres to his will. Jarmusch’s latest, ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’, takes the vampire genre and transforms it into a deadpan hangout movie with bloodsucking...

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Spike’s Idiot Box: Every Doc Has Its Day

Michael Spike Steinbacher — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:00:22 +0000

‘Doctor Who’ celebrated its 50th anniversary on November 23rd. Leading up to the occasion, the BBC has been airing tons of ‘Doctor Who’ episodes and specials in preparation for this television milestone. I’m a huge fan of ‘Who’, especially after its revival several years ago. I remember seeing old episodes on PBS when I was...

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The Trailer Park: Musketeer Spies on the Moon

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:00:58 +0000

This fall, we’re going to get a really varied selection of movies. Only one of them looks highly promising, even though the least of them is more likely to draw a crowd. First we get a found-footage tale of a secret moon landing that exposes the reasons why NASA never returned, followed by another swashbuckling...

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