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Film Review – Philomena
Philomena is a simple story about a mother trying to figure out what happened to the son she was forced to give up, and the disgraced reporter helping her. Martin (Steve Coogan) is a former reporter and government official who was forced from his job…
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Film Review – August: Osage County
An ensemble of talented, well-known actors has always been a worry for me. When that much talent is thrown together, it can mean pretty much one of two things: first, the material is really good and it has gotten the interest of several people who…
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Film Review – All Is Lost
Robert Redford brilliantly holds the screen in All Is Lost, the single-cast-member story of one man trying to survive. Redford is Our Man (the only name given for the character on IMDb), who is sleeping on his boat when a cargo container ruptures the side…
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Film Review – Rush
Thrilling races with a good rivalry between two great drivers make for a fun time in Rush, even if the storytelling is standard in several ways. With sports movies, getting an audience to care about a sport that they may have no knowledge of is…
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Film Review – Afternoon Delight
In Afternoon Delight, Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) is a middle-aged stay-at-home mom who is unhappy. She and her husband Jeff (Josh Radnor) have not been intimate for a while, and Rachel feels disconnected from her five-year-old son, although she desperately wants to connect. She spends most…
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Film Review – Lovelace
Linda Lovelace starred in perhaps the biggest porn movie ever, Deep Throat. The details of her life and what happened to her on- and off-set are less known, and while Lovelace wants to be an expose on these truths, it never knows how to make…
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Film Review – Springsteen and I
Bruce Springsteen is a big deal for many people. His music has touched many, and he seems to be the kind of celebrity you wish all famous people could be. He appears to have no problem interacting with people at concerts and even on the…
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Film Review – The Attack
In Ziad Doueiri‘s The Attack, trying to use a personal story to get at the larger issues of the Israeli and Palestinian fighting creates an unsatisfying result. Amin Jaafari (Ali Suliman) is a Palestinian doctor whose great life in Israel is shattered when his wife,…
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