Andrew Dominik was always facing a difficult task in having to follow up The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford. A haunting adaptation of the murder of one of America’s most infamous outlaws that equally serves as a mediation on celebrity culture, it’s not only one of the finest films of the [...]
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Berberian Sound Studio is a horror film like no other you will see this year. Resembling a nail-biting fusion of The Conversation and Mulholland Drive, the sophomore effort from Katalin Varga director Peter Strickland is both a tribute to a by-gone era of horror cinema and a haunting study of how life imitates art. Toby [...]
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The film, directed by Oscar winner Sam Mendes, relocates Bond (Daniel Craig) into the digital age. The espionage he once knew – the guns, the lifestyle and the gadgets – is beginning to disappear with MI6 fighting a new kind of war; one where field agents are largely unnecessary and battles are now won with intelligence.
Read More 007, Adele, Dame Judi Dench, Daniel Craig, featured, James Bond, Javier Bardem, sam mendes, skyfall
Jacques Audiard is such a masterful filmmaker that he could turn even the most questionable material into a staggering work of cinema. After all, Rust And Bone may well have been a disaster in anyone else’s hands. A melodrama about the connection between a dismembered whale trainer, Stephanie, and an abusive prize fighter, Ali, isn’t the [...]
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There are few characters in popular culture more iconic than James Bond. Since his cinematic birth in 1962’s Dr. No, he’s a man who has continuously managed to excite audiences across the globe. His gadgets have inspired awe, his puns have made us laugh and his action-packed escapades have kept us on the edge of [...]
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The first full theatrical trailer for Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty has been released. In theaters this December, Bigelow follows up the Oscar winning The Hurt Locker with this true story about what really happened in America’s hunt for Osama Bin Laden.
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“Rap saved my life,” Ice-T says in his opening monologue for Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap, and it’s a statement that defines the entire film. This directorial debut from the rap star isn’t a story about the glamorous lifestyle that its stars often lead, nor one about the notorious violence sometimes synonymous with [...]
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It can sometimes be a learning curve when an actor makes their first foray behind the camera. We noticed it in Jack Goes Boating; the way that Philip Seymour Hoffman was unable to exchange his impressive acting resume into to a similarly enthralling work of filmmaking. We also noticed it with Friends star David Schwimmer [...]
Read More Atmen, Breathing, Karl Markovics, Review
“I heard this great definition of suffering which said, ‘suffering is wanting things to be different from what they are’. If you think about it, all suffering can be boiled down to that on some level; wanting something to be different than what it is.” Josh Radnor may be famous for his comic portrayal of Ted [...]
Read More how i met your mother, Josh Radnor, Liberal Arts