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The Weekender: ‘St.’ and Sinner
Movie of the Week St. Vincent* It’s sitcom-y, but there’s still plenty of heart. Bill Murray and the rest of the cast save it from its overblown script. Read my review at Central Track. WIDE RELEASE • The Best of … Continue reading
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Tagged art and craft, best of me, book of life, fury, st vincent, young ones
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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 Oct 2014
BEST PICTURE Birdman Boyhood Foxcatcher Gone Girl The Imitation Game Inherent Vice Interstellar Into the Woods The Theory of Everything Unbroken Falling off: The Grand Budapest Hotel Rising star: American Sniper The skinny: Boyhood and Gone Girl are the only … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews
Tagged american sniper, big eyes, big hero 6, birdman, book of life, boxtrolls, boyhood, foxcatcher, gone girl, grand budapest hotel, how to train your dragon 2, imitation game, inherent vice, interstellar, into the woods, lego movie, rosewater, selma, song of the sea, still alice, theory of everything, unbroken, whiplash, wild
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The Weekender: Someone please think of the ‘Children’!
Movie of the Week Men, Women & Children Jason Reitman made three of my favorite movies of 2000s. He followed those up with the bitingly funny Young Adult. But between this and Labor Day, he’s not having a good year. But … Continue reading
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Tagged addicted, alexander, dracula untold, judge, kill the messenger, men women and children, pride, pump
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The Weekender: My ‘Girl’
Movie of the Week Gone Girl David Fincher returns with another impeccably crafted, gripping best-seller adaptation that’s sure to wreck your entire evening. I can’t wait. WIDE RELEASE • Annabelle • Left Behind LIMITED RELEASE • 20,000 Days on Earth … Continue reading
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Tagged 20000 days on earth, annabelle, gone girl, good lie, left behind, nick cave
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The Weekender: You gotta ‘Believe’
Movie of the Week Believe Me* Finally, a movie made by Christians that’s top quality and everyone can enjoy. Read my review and interview at College Movie Review. WIDE RELEASE • The Boxtrolls • The Equalizer LIMITED RELEASE • Hector … Continue reading
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Tagged all is by my side, believe me, boxtrolls, equalizer, hector and the search for happiness, jimi hendrix, tracks
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The Weekender: I Took a ‘Walk’
Movie of the Week A Walk Among the Tombstones* A solid back-to-basics detective story from the great Scott Frank (The Lookout, Out of Sight). Liam Neeson gets a role he can sink his teeth into for the first time in … Continue reading
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Tagged disappearance of eleanor rigby, guest, maze runner, skeleton twins, tusk, walk among the tombstones, zero theorem
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The Weekender: Mmmm…. ‘Drop’!
Movie of the Week The Drop James Gandolfini, in his final performance, joins the always terrific Tom Hardy in this Dennis Lehane adaptation. Hardy plays a bartender in over his head with the mob. It sounds pretty standard, but Lehane … Continue reading
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Tagged atlas shrugged, drop, five star life, frontera, god help the girl, no good deed, wetlands
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The Weekender: A Box of Chocolates… In IMAX!
Movie of the Week Forrest Gump Haters to the left. This is still one of the best movies ever made. Yes, it’s sentimental. Yes, it’s a little in love with its still breathtaking special effects. But you’d have to be … Continue reading
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Tagged dock ellis, forrest gump, frank, identical, life after beth, love is strange, no no
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Summer TV Hangout 2014 Recap & Fall Preview
I didn’t watch quite as much TV this summer as I did last summer, and that’s probably a good thing. While I never made time for The Office (again) or season 2 of The Wire (that will come this fall), … Continue reading
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Tagged blackadder, blackish, brooklyn nine-nine, gotham, hbo, key and peele, marry me, mindy project, modern family, mulaney, netflix, newsroom, saturday night live, simpsons, snl, undeclared, wire
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