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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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Bruised Hearts Attempt to Rediscover Love in Nicole Holofcener’s ‘Enough Said’
The sheen of middle-class comfort that coats much of Nicole Holofcener’s Enough Said in plastic only calls more attention to the wear in the faces of Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Albert (James Gandolfini), two middle-aged divorcés who hit it off at a party ov...
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‘Escape From Tomorrow’: A Hellish Descent Through the Happiest Nightmare on Earth
In 2003, the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad rollercoaster at Disneyland, California derailed and killed a man. I know this because I was there, during one of my countless visits to the park, around the time the ride was closed as a result. I must've been around...
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‘Gravity’: Alfonso Cuarón’s Return to Filmmaking Is Unimpressive and Regressive
This review was apart of our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Earth looms so large in the opening scene of Gravity that it takes a few moments to realize a small white dot on the edge of the frame is actually a space shuttle. The shot d...
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Flimsy and Dull ‘Interior. Leather Bar.’
One certainly can't accuse James Franco of not stretching himself artistically. In the same summer where he's played an exaggerated version of himself as he goes through the apocalypse, he's also co-directed a documentary/fiction chimera about him filming scen...
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