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“Rules Don’t Apply” to Warren Beatty
Kenji Fujishima writes about Warren Beatty's long-awaited return to film, "Rules Don't Apply," in context of his directorial career.
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 253: “The Rock”
On this week's episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, Josh and Gabe are joined by Mark Harris of New York Magazine to discuss Michael Bay's "The Rock."
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“Run All Night”
“I’m coming after you with everything I’ve got,” growls Irish godfather Ed Harris at his old buddy Liam Neeson, the two adversaries facing off over midnight coffee at a New York diner. “As long as you’re coming after Michael,” Neeson later retorts, “I’m coming...
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Blu-Ray Review: “Planes: Fire and Rescue”
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MSRP: $39.99
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Region A
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Film: D / Video: B+ / Audio: B+ / Extras: C-
One of the joys to be had in watching Planes: Fire and Rescue, and there are unsurprisingly very few, ...
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In “Frontera,” Border Crisis Blends With Melodrama
It's 2014, and there's still an immigration crisis brewing on America's borders. Considering that ours is a nation of immigrants, the ongoing dispute over illegal immigration and paths to citizenship is sort of mind-boggling. So kudos to Michael Berry for havi...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 154: “Planes: Fire and Rescue”
Please sit back, with your tray tables in their upright and locked positions and your seat belts fastened. This episode of Mousterpiece Cinema will be a wild flight indeed. What's that? You think it's super-creepy to imagine yourself, a human, taking a ride in...
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“Planes: Fire and Rescue” Crashes And Burns In Slightly Less Fiery Fashion Than Its Predecessor
The primal, terrifying, and damaging power of fire is no stranger to Disney animation. It's not difficult to remember the scene where Bambi's mom is killed by an unseen hunter, but Bambi climaxes with a massive fire that lays waste to the forest that was once ...
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“Snowpiercer” And the Eclectic Whiteness of the Eco-pocalyspse
Note. This review is based on the version screened during the 2014 Berlinale Film Festival.
Joon-ho Bong's The Host was delightfully eclectic, allowing gore and camp to swiftly mingle within a more traditional horror narrative frame. The Korean director's l...
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LAFF Review: “Snowpiercer” is Spectacularly Off the Rails
Once upon a time, Bong Joon-Ho's ambitious sci-fi action film Snowpiercer was threatened with an Americanized edit by controversial industry magnate Harvey Weinstein. Fans of the Korean auteur (as well as fans of good sci-fi in general) were understandably ver...
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“The Face of Love” Will Give You Vertigo
In the first act of suspense-driven melodrama The Face of Love, protagonist Nikki (Annette Bening) converses with her daughter, Summer (Jess Weixler), expressing her concerns over the younger woman's relationship; like any good mother, Nikki doesn't want her c...
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