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Valkyrie (2008, Bryan Singer)

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments

For Valkyrie to work, Bryan Singer needs to get–give or take–five minutes when the viewer isn’t entirely sure Adolf Hitler wasn’t assassinated. The entire premise of watching a film, a historically-based film, where the conclusion is well-known and suspending disbelief… he needs five minutes. Maybe the trick is casting Tom Cruise as a German. By […]

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Tagged: Bill Nighy· Bryan Singer· Christopher McQuarrie· Kenneth Branagh· Michael Sheen· Nathan Alexander· Tom Cruise· Tom Wilkinson· United Artists· ★★½

Cassandra’s Dream (2007, Woody Allen)

August 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It’s getting increasingly difficult not to talk about Woody Allen’s films in the context of his body of work. While on one hand, Cassandra’s Dream does feature what could be construed as a Jaws reference, it’s also rather similar in pacing to some of Allen’s late 1970s, early 1980s films. The film’s first act is […]

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Tagged: Colin Farrell· Ewan McGregor· The Weinstein Company· Tom Wilkinson· Woody Allen· ★★★

Dedication (2007, Justin Theroux)

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Is it possible to use The Doors’ “The End” without it recalling Apocalypse Now? Even if it’s just the opening snippet.
No, it’s not. Especially not when you do it twice like Theroux does in Dedication.
But Theroux harkening back to great films (or, hey, if he even harkened back to a mediocre one) would be such […]

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Tagged: Billy Crudup· David Bromberg· Dianne Wiest· Justin Theroux· The Weinstein Company· Tom Wilkinson· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Piccadilly Jim (2004, John McCay)

July 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Not too long ago, I used to get excited when good actors would make movies together. They didn’t have to be great movies, Barbet Schroeder could have directed them or Sandra Bullock could have starred in them–I’m fairly certain this period was known as the 1990s. It’s taken me three years to see Piccadilly Jim, […]

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Tagged: Austin Pendleton· Brenda Blethyn· Frances O'Connor· John McCay· Julian Fellowes· P.G. Wodehouse· Sam Rockwell· Tom Wilkinson· United International Pictures· ★★★

Batman Begins (2005, Christopher Nolan)

June 19th, 2005 · 6 Comments

Well, now, I’m surprised. Batman Begins is not terrible.
It’s not good either. Not good at all. It has damning faults in three areas, and since this film is the first critically praised one I’ve thrashed–at least the first critically praised one currently still in the theaters–this post is going to be a little more “formal” […]

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Tagged: Bob Kane· Christopher Nolan· Cillian Murphy· David S. Goyer· Frank Miller· Gary Oldman· Michael Caine· Morgan Freeman· Tom Wilkinson· Warner Bros.· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

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