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Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty
October 4, 2024Despite Bret Easton Ellis's claims to the contrary, Bigelow is an interesting filmmaker because of her...
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Movie Review: Mama
October 3, 2024Mama is a movie of weight and a certain dark beauty. It is unlikely to change...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: Infernal Affairs, #41
October 3, 2024Martin Scorsese used this movie as the framework for The Departed. And while Infernal Affairs has...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: Miller’s Crossing, #40
October 2, 2024In a cast as deep as the 1998 Yankees, two performances stand out. Character actor Jon...
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Before Witch Hunters…The Brothers Grimm in Film
September 30, 2024With the release of Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters, I examine three films inspired by The...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, #39
September 28, 2024The twisting, amusing heist movie was written and directed by Guy Ritchie, a 29-year-old Brit who...
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Has The Avengers Ruined X-Men: First Class II- Days of Future Past?
September 27, 2024Moreover, if the filmmakers believe that The Avengers worked because it united pre-established characters, they’re missing...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Friends of Eddie Coyle, #38
September 25, 2024There is no glamour in the underworld of Eddie Coyle, nor is there any attempt by...
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Movie Review: Side Effects
September 24, 2024Side Effects is the twisty story of Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara), a depressive young woman whose...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: A History of Violence, #37
September 22, 2024Joey Cusack was the nastiest guy in Philadelphia’s Irish mob. He killed dozens, sometimes without the...