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| Le Chef |
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| A Most Wanted Man |
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| Magic in the Moonlight |
From the sublime to the ridiculous…
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Le Chef, A Most Wanted Man, Magic in the Moonlight
From the sublime to the ridiculous…
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Happy Christmas
Joe Swanberg's "Happy Christmas" packs more truth into less runtime than any movie since "Don Jon."
Monday, July 28, 2014
Closed Curtain, Lucy
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| Closed Curtain |
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| Lucy |
In 2012, Jafar Panahi, the celebrated Iranian director banned from filmmaking by his government, gave us a peek at life under house arrest in the cinematic art-object "This is Not a Film," one of a trio of films that year (including Joshua Marston's superior "The Forgiveness of Blood" and Marc Simon's four-star documentary "Unraveled") to explore the subject.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
I Origins, Wish I Was Here, Sex Tape, Mood Indigo, Planes: Fire & Rescue
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| I Origins |
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| Wish I Was Here |
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| Sex Tape |
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| Mood Indigo |
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| Planes: Fire & Rescue (my rating) |
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| Planes: Fire & Rescue (Big Scruffy's and Little Scruffy's rating) |
Reviews on five of the week's new movies:
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Siddharth, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
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| Siddharth |
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| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes |
In "Siddharth," director Richie Mehta uses one family's crisis to paint a vivid portrait of contemporary India.
Monday, July 14, 2014
Land Ho!, Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger, The Battered Bastards of Baseball
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| Land Ho! |
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| Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger |
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| The Battered Bastards of Baseball |
Aren't we past the point when a movie can score laughs just by putting bad words in an old man's mouth?
Boyhood
I'd been looking forward to "Boyhood" as much as any movie set for theatrical release this year.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Life Itself, Gabrielle, The Pleasures of Being / Out of Step, Violette, Beyond the Edge, Venus in Fur
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| Life Itself |
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| Gabrielle |
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| The Pleasures of Being / Out of Step |
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| Violette |
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| Beyond the Edge |
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| Venus in Fur |
I'm way behind on last week's movies, so these will have to be very short capsules:
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Snowpiercer, The Internet's Own Boy
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| Snowpiercer |
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| The Internet's Own Boy |
At this moment in time, Korea is the pits of the earth when it comes to cinema.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The Best (and Worst) Films of the First Half of 2014
At the halfway mark of a relatively poor year in movies, let's pause to review the highlights in feature and documentary film, starting with the cream of the crop: