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Clint Eastwood's Baseball Movie Strikes Outnew
Trouble with the Curve opens with Clint Eastwood's character, Gus Lobel, yelling at his penis for taking too long to cooperate in urinating. Gus is considered an all-time great talent scout, currently working for the Atlanta Braves, who is constantly second-guessed at work by young underlings vying for his job.
Charleston City Paper |
Isaac Weeks |
09-19-2012 |
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One powerful relationship fuels the extraordinary The Masternew
Is The Master—Paul Thomas Anderson's hauntingly intimate epic—about Scientology? That's been the focus of attention for many with only peripheral interest in the film itself, hoping perhaps for some kind of searing roman-a-clef take-down of L. Ron Hubbard and his movement.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
09-19-2012 |
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Idiosyncratic vision of American empire in The Masternew
In The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood) returns to familiar themes of his short but resplendent filmography: the search for a father figure or lost son; dysfunctional family relationships; and flawed men fated to self-destruction.
The Master Showcases The Two Best Performances of the Yearnew
The Master--which explores the lure and vagaries of power and free will--excises veins of American complexity rarely seen since the plays of Arthur Miller.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-19-2012 |
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Bad Cop to Good Cop: David Ayers Switches Teams
“End of Watch” is a gritty brief apologia from writer-director David Ayer for his less than complementary Los Angeles copsploitation films “Training Day” and “Harsh Times.”
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-18-2012 |
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'Wild Horse, Wild Ride' misses chance to examine deeper Mustang storynew
Before the dust settles, debut filmmakers Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus need to pitch their documentary Wild Horse, Wild Ride as a reality TV series to CMT.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
09-16-2012 |
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J.J. Abrams' 'Revolution'new
J.J. Abrams’ series plunges you into an alternate reality. Ben (Tim Guinee) hurries home to tell his wife (Elizabeth Mitchell), “It’s happening.”
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
09-16-2012 |
TV
Promises, Promisesnew
Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldaña embody lost hope in "The Words."
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
09-16-2012 |
Reviews
Overstuffed!new
Featuring a story within a story within a story, 'The Words' is way too convoluted.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-13-2012 |
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Tags: The Words
Truly Terriblenew
'Branded' is an epically awful film about marketing ... or something like that.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
09-13-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Branded
According to Ira Glass, Making Movies Isn't So Funnew
A conversation with Ira Glass about Sleepwalk With Me.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
In Dreamsnew
Does the 'Sleepwalk With Me' film hold up to its other versions?
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-12-2012 |
Reviews
Loving Up Wall Street Corruption: Nicholas Jarecki Caters to the One Percent
Some not-so-fancy narrative mechanics set Richard Gere up as a one-percenter antihero in a movie that deplorably attempts to mitigate the evil that wealthy corruption loves to wield at every level of social injustice.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-10-2012 |
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The Pitfalls of Academia: Josh Radnor Shows You Can’t Go Back
Writer-director-actor Josh Radnor follows up his debut feature (“Happythankyoumoreplease”) with a compact romantic comedy that almost works, but not quite.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-10-2012 |
Reviews
Guts, Gore and Survivalnew
Shia LeBeouf, who plays moonshiner Jack Bondurant, is part of an all-star cast in "Lawless," a film with a loose Mississippi connection.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
09-07-2012 |
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