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Bloody Good Shownew
Daniel Craig brings new dimensions to James Bond in “Skyfall,” the 23rd film in the franchise.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
11-16-2012 |
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Let's Get Meta-physicalnew
The film is touching, quite funny, very lovely to look at and intellectually mature.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
11-15-2012 |
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Bond Is a Badassnew
'Skyfall' may be the best 007 film of all time.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-15-2012 |
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Daniel Day-Lewis ends slavery in Lincolnnew
Steven Spielberg's Lincoln accomplishes the seemingly irreconcilable feat of humanizing Abraham Lincoln while preserving his mythology.
Spielberg's Lincoln humanizes the legendary presidentnew
When you hear that Steven Spielberg directed an Abraham Lincoln biopic, you get an image in your head of what it must look like: overtly sentimental, grand in scale, and more about idealized hero worship than anything else. The famed director's historical dramas tend to be maudlin affairs, custom-made for history classrooms, and no doubt Lincoln will be shown to many a middle school over the ensuing decades.
Charleston City Paper |
Jake Mulligan |
11-14-2012 |
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Tags: Steven Spielberg
Resizing Tolstoy: Tom Stoppard’s Visible Magic Shines
Resizing Tolstoy
Tom Stoppard’s Visible Magic Shines
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
11-12-2012 |
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Landing a Miraclenew
Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington gives a stellar performance as a man lost in denial in "Flight."
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
11-09-2012 |
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Documenting The Other Dream Team, from Lithuanianew
What was little understood in the aftermath of the U.S. basketball team's defeat at the 1988 Olympics was that the top players on the winning Soviet team were not Russian, but Lithuanian.
Nobody Does It Betternew
Mission accomplished in Skyfall
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
11-07-2012 |
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Tags: Skyfall
Endlessly Entertainingnew
Disney's captivating animated tribute to video games pleases on many levels.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
11-07-2012 |
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Tags: Wreck-It Ralph
Stripped Down Bond No Competition With Craig’s 007 Around
The 23rd installment in the longest-running franchise in cinema history is crafted to satisfy fans from every era of the series based on the Ian Fleming novels. Sam Mendes tastefully directs this outing of action-based espionage, gently shifting gears between a literary approach to wit, style, personality, and spectacle.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
11-05-2012 |
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Spielberg Doesn’t Trouble the Water: Daniel Day Lewis Flawless as Always
See the film for Daniel Day Lewis. As for the “history lesson” on display, take it with a grain of salt.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
11-04-2012 |
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Cosmic Imaginationnew
Like the other talented actors in “Cloud Atlas,” Doona Bae portrays multiple characters, including Somni 451 from the year 2144.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
11-01-2012 |
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Goth Penn: Sean Penn Goes Out On a Limb
“This Must Be the Place” is a canny model of life-affirming cinema.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
10-29-2012 |
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Down In Flames: Robert Zemeckis Burns the Popcorn
Enjoyable in that Hollywood-popcorn way for which Robert Zemeckis is famous— see “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” skip “Forest Gump” — “Flight” is a drama that would have been better without the director's love of schmaltz.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
10-29-2012 |
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