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Archive for September 2012

Movie Review: ‘Arbitrage’

Posted on Friday, September 28, 2012 at 8:31 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: Nicholas Jarecki | Writer: Nicholas Jarecki | Cast: Laetitia Casta, Richard Gere, Brit Marling, Nate Parker, Tim Roth, Susan Sarandon | Rating: R | Runtime: 107 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | In basic definitional terms, my understanding … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’

Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 2:23 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: Stephen Chbosky | Writer: Stephen Chbosky (novel and screenplay) | Cast: Nina Dobrev, Logan Lerman, Melanie Lynskey, Dylan McDermott, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Kate Walsh, Emma Watson | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 103 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Trouble with the Curve’

Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 8:19 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: Robert Lorenz | Writer: Randy Brown | Cast: Amy Adams, Clint Eastwood, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard, Joe Massingill, Justin Timberlake | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 111 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Say what you want about Clint … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Imposter’

Posted on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 1:13 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: Bart Layton | Cast: Adam O’Brian, Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson | Rating: R | Runtime: 99 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | The Imposter, a riveting, white-knuckle documentary-thriller from Bart Layton, tells the confounding story of Frédéric Bourdin, … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Words’

Posted on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 4:33 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

Directors: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal | Writers: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal | Cast: Nora Arnezeder, Ben Barnes, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Zeljko Ivanek, Zoe Saldana, J.K. Simmons, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 97 minutes | Year … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Keep the Lights On’

Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 2:15 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: Ira Sachs | Writers: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias | Cast: Zachary Booth, Thure Lindhardt, Julianne Nicholson, Souleymane Sy Savane, Paprika Steen | Rating: NR | Runtime: 101 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Ira Sachs’s Keep the Lights … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Compliance’

Posted on Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 12:54 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: Craig Zobel | Writer: Craig Zobel | Cast: Ashlie Atkinson, Bill Camp, Ann Dowd, Philip Ettinger, Pat Healy, Nikiya Mathis, Dreama Walker | Rating: R | Runtime: 90 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Writer-director Craig Zobel’s Compliance … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Sleepwalk with Me’

Posted on Sunday, September 2, 2012 at 9:08 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: Mike Birbiglia | Writers: Seth Barrish, Joe Birbiglia, Mike Birbiglia, Ira Glass | Cast: Lauren Ambrose, Mike Birbiglia, Sondra James, Carol Kane, Marc Maron, Cristin Milioti, James Rebhorn | Rating: NR | Runtime: 90 minutes | Year (U.S. release): … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Lawless’

Posted on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 7:52 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: John Hillcoat | Writers: Matt Bondurant (novel), Nick Cave | Cast: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Dane DeHaan, Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Mia Wasikowska | Rating: R | Runtime: 115 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 … Continue reading