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‘Captain Phillips’ Is A Masterful Achievement From Greengrass and Hanks
Russell Hainline reviews Paul Grassgrass' CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, starring Tom Hanks.
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The New American Blockbuster Is Not So American
Laya Maheshwari examines how Hollywood blockbusters are now catering to international markets.
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‘After Tiller’ Is A Masterpiece That Tackles Abortion With Compassion
Andrew Johnson reviews AFTER TILLER, a new documentary from directors Martha Shane and Lana Wilson about late-term abortion practitioners.
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Top 10 Films About Loneliness And Isolation
In space, no one can hear you scream. That is, ostensibly, the distillation of what appears to be the latest and greatest film from director Alfonso Cuaron. Entitled Gravity, the film is easily the most anticipated film of this fall season, and with it comes w...
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TIFF Review: Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto Shine In ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
Anna Tatarska reviews DALLAS BUYERS CLUB.
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Kate Hudson Discusses 9/11, Prejudice and ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’
In Mira Nair's film adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, actress Kate Hudson plays a New York photographer struggling with the death of her boyfriend while embarking on a new relationship with a young Pakistani businessman shortly ...
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A Roundtable with ‘The World’s End’ Team: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost
This weekend Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost wrap up their Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy with The World's End, a cocktail comprised of one part alien invasion/takeover riff and two parts mid-life crises.
After nearly a decade, it's a little bitte...
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History of Film: Irvin Kershner’s ‘Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back’
Arguably the standard for sequels in Hollywood, The Empire Strikes Back has aged considerably well to come to be regarded as not only the finest entry in the franchise, but also one of the best pieces of pop-cinema ever made. Expanding on the dense mythology o...
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The ‘Sapphires’ DVD Cover Backlash
The story of a male singer with his four female back-ups getting ready to sing a storm in Saigon during the Vietnam War is a perfectly plausible one, finding success in the form of Australia’s 2012 feelgood hit The Sapphires. It came off a treat and to much cr...
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Paul Schrader’s ‘The Canyons’ Examines and Reveals the Artificiality of our Culture
Cinema is not quite dead, but according to Paul Schrader’s newest film, movie theaters certainly are. The battered and boarded-up theaters that highlight The Canyons' opening frames signify that the medium has moved on, in both form and function. As the traile...
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