I highly recommended "Found." for those with strong stomachs.
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Movie Review: ‘This Is Where I Leave You’
As good as you’d expect with such an exceptional cast.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’
They don't make them like this anymore.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Calvary’
Brendan Gleeson dominates this bleakly-humored study of a committed priest who maintains his vigilance even as his church crumbles and his life is threatened by one of his own parishioners.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Drop’
Might play better when you can sit through it on the comfort of your own couch. At least Gandolfini shines.
Read More »The Book and the Film: The 70th Anniversary of Charles R. Jackson’s ‘The Lost Weekend’
The seminal addiction study in American literature and "the Uncle Tom’s Cabin of alcoholism" turns 70.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘If I Stay’ – Tone Deaf and Plodding
'If I Stay' is just another DOA August release.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘What If’ (2014)
I don’t mind these kinds of films when done right, and this is one of the best.
Read More »How Franchot Tone Directed – and Lived – Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’
Franchot Tone's long-lost 1957 film of Chekhov's great drama helps reveal deep parallels between the actor/director and the Russian playwright.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Y Tu Mamá También’ – The Criterion Collection
A must own Blu-ray featuring stellar audio/video.
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