Thomas McCarthy's 'The Visitor' is Every Bit as Powerful as 'The Station Agent'
Eugene Weekly |
May 30, 2008
Tags: The Visitor, Thomas McCarthy
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Fantasy Island This Isn’tnew
With great swipes of heavy cello music, the brooding, frightening Shutter Island opens aboard a ferry sluicing through the fog. Aboard the vessel are Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio), a federal marshal, and his new partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo). Their destination is Shutter Island in the Boston harbor.
Eugene Weekly |
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Tags: Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese
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Inglourious Basterds is vintage Tarantino, and quite possibly the director's masterpiece.
Eugene Weekly |
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District 9 works as a pure sci-fi thriller as well an allegory for large-scale human rights violations.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
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Eugene Weekly |
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Eugene Weekly |
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White critics miss the point of Red Tails.
Eugene Weekly |
Dante Zuniga-West |
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Tags: Red Tails, Tuskegee airmen
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Eugene Weekly |
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