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Now Playing: “War Dogs”
Vikram Murthi takes aim at the new war-torn satire "War Dogs," from director Todd Phillips.
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Violence and the American Man
In the wake of another mass shooting, Omer M. Mozaffar looks at "American Sniper" and "Fruitvale Station" as disparate modern commentaries on American violence.
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David O. Russell’s Fulfilling “Joy”
David O. Russell has always displayed a knack for formulating a dose of playful, hectic kitsch. From American Hustle’s big hairs, sideburns, and bare-chested outfits to the chaos-seeking, loudmouth families in The Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook, his chatt...
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“Aloha”
To explain it in the most Cameron Crowe terms possible: watching Aloha is like hearing a new album by one of those bands you loved in high school, but you’ve both kinda gone your separate ways.
There was a time, however brief and wonderful, when this band see...
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“Serena”
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence may be responsible for most of the money earned at the North American box office in 2014, but I bet you didn’t know they’re starring in a new movie this weekend. Well, sorta new. Shot shortly after Silver Linings Playbook ...
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American Ambivalence: Sizing Up Clint Eastwood’s Late Style Aberration
Speaking to David Poland about Clint Eastwood’s take on his Hereafter script late in 2010, Peter Morgan admitted to some surprise at the film’s fast-track development from inception to realization, noting that the venerable director wanted to shoot his first d...
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“American Sniper”
Warning. Spoilers regarding real-life figures lay within.
In his career-best, the 2006 war saga Letters from Iwo Jima (the companion to Flags of our Fathers), Clint Eastwood zeroed in on the story of a Japanese baker-turned-soldier named Saigo (Kazunari Nin...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 156: “Guardians of the Galaxy”
We hope you've got an awesome mix tape at hand, and your weapon of choice at the ready, because it's time for an action-packed new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. This week, Josh and Gabe go guest-free to get ready...for a dance-off, bro! Once more, they dive ...
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“Guardians of the Galaxy” Gunns For Greatness
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes a Marvel movie is just a Marvel movie. But when a Marvel movie has former Troma bad boy James Gunn stationed at the helm, orchestrating a grand space opera peppered with off-radar characters with no mainstream c...
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‘American Hustle’ Pulls The Wool Over Our Eyes to Great Delight
Director David O. Russell has crafted another instant classic.
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