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Blu-ray Review: Carl Franklin’s DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995)

Feb 16, 2016 Nathanael Hood 0

“It was summer, 1948, and I needed money.” Competent, and at times compelling, Carl Franklin’s pedestrian neo-noir Devil in a Blue Dress boasts a syzygy of talent that keeps it going. The first of these components is […]

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The Long Start to the Journey: A Review

Dec 16, 2015 Patrick King 1

The Long Start to the Journey begins with a quote, delivered in voiceover by Chris Gallaway, the film’s director. “I decided to walk the Appalachian Trail when I was beginning to love a girl named […]

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Iñárritu Goes Full Tilt Cimino with THE REVENANT

Dec 4, 2015 Wade Sheeler 0

Believe everything you’ve heard about The Revenant, both the behind-the-scenes hysteria, as well as those who’ve experienced the almost three hours of visual and auditory assault, as ultimately it will add to the mystique of […]

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Best of Enemies: The Birth of Political Punditry

Jul 31, 2015 Wade Sheeler 0

For Your Consideration rounds-up and reviews new films that may hold Oscar contention. Best of Enemies, a new documentary, opens today nationwide.

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The Not-So-Fantastick FANTASTICKS

Jul 10, 2015 Kyle Turner 0

What if, after the fairy tale is finished, star crossed love isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be? That’s what The Fantasticks blithely asks of its young romantic leads, Jean Louisa Kelly and Joey […]

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THE REMAINS OF THE DAY and the Fine Art of Loneliness

Jul 6, 2015 Kyle Turner 0

I’m inclined to think that both Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins’s voices were made for narration. Or, even more frankly, made to be heard in any form, in any context, at any time. But their […]

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