Posts Tagged ‘Liev Schreiber’
Film Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) has such an infectious spirit – both in its attitude and in its style – that it’s difficult not to watch it without getting wrapped up in the pure joy of the narrative. Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and…
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Film Review – Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson has one of the most unique visual styles of any filmmaker. His compositions are almost always perfectly symmetrical. The camera is often placed at eye level, with his subjects either facing straight toward us, or perpendicular to the right or left. His sets…
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Film Review – Spotlight
Spotlight‘s greatest strength is showing that investigative journalism is a lot of work and that secrets have many layers where the answer can be right in front of you and sometimes it is merely a lack of action that can cause the truth to remain…
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Film Review – Fading Gigolo
Fading Gigolo (2013) tells the story of a man (John Turturro) who – in an effort to help his recently out of work friend (Woody Allen) – turns to prostitution to make a quick buck. On paper, this sounds funny. John Turturro has routinely produced…
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Film Review – Lee Daniels’ The Butler
There is a fine line between sentiment and sentimentality, and for the greater part of its running time, Lee Daniels’ The Butler performs a stunning balancing act. This was a relief for me, because seeing the words “Based on the True Story” appear before the…
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Film Review – The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Among the many noteworthy filmmakers to rise out of the late ’80s/early ’90s, one of the more underappreciated is Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala, Monsoon Wedding). While she never achieved the fame of some of her contemporaries like Quentin Tarantino or Richard Linklater, she has consistently…
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Episode 153 – DVD Rundown 5-29-2012
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for May 29th, 2012. In this episode they discuss True Blood, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and Goon.
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Film Review – Goon
Goon (2011) is a comedy straight down the middle, doing nothing new, but it does keep a good sense of humor. It takes on a well-used idea of the man who starts out as a loser and then gets his shot to be something more.…
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