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Noir City at SIFF – A Double Life
You ever hear of the phrase, “Getting into character”? This is when an actor dedicates himself or herself to becoming the role they are playing, completely changing their behavior, accent, and even appearance. There are some actors that are so good at this that they…
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Noir City at SIFF – Angel Face
The title of Otto Preminger’s Angel Face (1952) works perfectly in describing the seemingly innocent façade of both its characters and the film itself. This is a great film noir, a story that keeps us guessing even when we think we have everything locked down.…
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Film Review – Just Go With It
There were two things I was thinking about while I was watching Just Go With It (2011), the latest comedy starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. The first is that this is not a very good movie, but simply a retread of just about every…
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Film Review – Sanctum
If there is a lesson to be learned from watching Sanctum (2010), it is this: do NOT be a stupid person. No offense to the stupid people out there, but the characters that fill up this sad excuse of a suspense thriller are so head-scratchingly…
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Film Review – The Way Back
Peter Weir’s latest film, The Way Back (2010), is an endurance test for both the characters in the film and for the audience watching it, and I mean that as a compliment. Throughout the film’s one hundred and thirty three minute time span, we watch…
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Film Review – The Rite
While I don’t believe that The Rite (2011) will go down as one of the great horror films like, say, The Exorcist (1973), it does have a surprisingly effective way of telling its story of a skeptical young priest and the experienced exorcist knowing that…
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Indie Film Review – NY Export: Opus Jazz
I’ve made it no secret that I am an admirer of dance. To me, dancing is probably the most expressive art form. You may not notice it at first, but dancing is all around us. When a football team scores a touchdown and the fans jump wildly…
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When I read that The Green Hornet (2011) was set for a big screen adaptation, two things stuck out at me like a pair of sore thumbs. The first,was that the movie was going to be co-written and starring Seth Rogen. If you remember, this…
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