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From Silents to the Seventies: The Detective

Josh Zyber — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:00:00 +0000

In some strange, alternate universe, perhaps there exists a world in which Die Hard starred Frank Sinatra and remained a sequel to his 1968 cop drama The Detective. I’d like to think we’re better off not living in that world, but then again, it may have spared us from the dreadful fifth entry in that...

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Widows Review: Good Mourning

Jason Gorber — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:00:36 +0000

Widows is a fascinating hybrid of the arty from writer/director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and the pulpy from author and co-writer Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl). It’s both a sharp, action-filled heist film and a rumination upon revenge. The film begins with Harry Rawlings (Liam Neeson) and his crew of professional thieves making a...

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TIFF Journal: Widows

Philip Brown — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:00:50 +0000

After specializing in a harrowing brand of art house misery in pictures like 12 Years a Slave, Hunger, and Shame, pretty much the last thing anyone expected out of Steve McQueen (no, not that one – the director) was a rollicking heist movie co-written by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl). It didn’t seem like the type...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of July 19th, 2015 – Shadow Play

Josh Zyber — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:00:57 +0000

So few new titles are being released this week, I feel like it’s barely worth the effort to write a new Blu-ray roundup post. What’s with this sudden drought? It’s not a holiday week or anything, so the studios can’t even use that as an excuse. New Releases ‘What We Do in the Shadows‘ –...

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Weekend Roundtable: Humble Beginnings

Josh Zyber — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:00:23 +0000

Everyone has to start somewhere. Before she lit up the box office headlining the ‘Divergent’ series, Shailene Woodley began her career as a child actor who made occasional appearances in TV shows like ‘The O.C.’ and ‘Crossing Jordan’. In this week’s Roundtable, we take a look at the humble beginnings for other actors who would...

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‘The Judge’ Review: Painless Oscar Baiting

Philip Brown — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:00:57 +0000

Robert Downey, Jr. and Robert Duvall star as a broken father/son combo who need to make things right. And with that, we officially enter Oscar season, folks. ‘The Judge’ is a movie made purely and blatantly to win awards and scoop up all the box office dollars that come with them. Thankfully, it’s also an...

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TIFF Journal: ‘The Judge’

Philip Brown — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:00:08 +0000

Robert Downey, Jr. and Robert Duvall combine forces for an estranged father/son bonding story that doubles as a courtroom drama. In other words, the movie is practically designed to win golden awards statues. Thankfully, it’s an entirely watchable at that. Downey stars as the type of slick, morally questionable, fast-talking lawyer very much in the...

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Weekend Movies: Another Bunch of (Mostly) Not-Screened-For-Press Flicks

Luke Hickman — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:00:56 +0000

Whenever movies aren’t screened widely for the press, that’s usually a bad sign. I cannot think of a single not-screened-for-press film that turned out to be a winner (with the possible exception of some small indie flicks that simply cannot afford to show the movie to press across the country). The fact that the majority...

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2/22/11 for Highlights Blu-ray

Josh Zyber — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:00:33 +0000

This is another slow week in Blu-ray land. In fact, the most interesting disc on the docket is the re-issue of a title that was one of the first Blu-rays ever released. That’s a sad state of affairs, isn’t it? For what it’s worth, here’s the full list of what we’re looking at this week:...

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