Handyguy (aka Randall Byrn) is a marketing professional in New York. A transplanted Southerner, he has been a movie buff since birth. He's always secretly wanted to be Pauline Kael, and Blogcritics gives him an approximation of that, or so he likes to fantasize at least. Handy has a film degree from USC.
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Movie Review: The Host
A genuinely scary and original monster movie from Korea.
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2006 at the Movies: Looking Back
Spotting trends among the outstanding movies of the year - plus a few goodies you may have missed.
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Movie Review: Dreamgirls
Not exactly a good movie, but a dazzling audience-pleaser.
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Movie Reviews: Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, and More
Not lighthearted holiday fun: four movies featuring brutal violence and extraordinary images.
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Movie Review: The Good Shepherd
Call it the anti-Bourne (or the far flip side of Casino Royale) - deadly serious spies, gloomy sex, a dark night of the Cold War soul.
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“Is the ‘War on Terror’ a Myth?” and Other Questions
A few things we ought to be asking our government, loudly and persistently
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Music Review: Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas
On the verge of achieving much bigger popularity, Sufjan has a really nice Christmas present for you.
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Remembering Robert Altman
A look at the amazing output of this great director in just a seven year period.
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Holiday Movies: The Best One of All - Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life
There's no doubt what the best Christmas movie is. Could it be the best American movie, period?
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Reasons to be Cheerful, or The Far Side of Paradise
Far from leading to ‘two years of hell,’ the elections may bring us real dialogue and, gasp, near-sanity in Washington.
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