TOP 20 FILMS OF 2012
[#1-10]
- 1. Oslo, August 31st [Review]
- 2. The Grey [Review]
- 3. The Master [Review]
- 4. Lincoln [Review]
- 5. Amour [Review]
- 6. The Turin Horse [Review]
- 7. Elena [Review]
- 8. Zero Dark Thirty [Review]
- 9. Tabu [Review]
- 10. Beasts of the Southern Wild [Review]
[#11-20]
- 11. The Snowtown Murders
- 12. Flight [Review]
- 13. Magic Mike [Review]
- 14. Holy Motors
- 15. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia [Review]
- 16. Rust and Bone [Review]
- 17. The Color Wheel
- 18. Looper [Review]
- 19. On the Road [Review]
- 20. The Loneliest Planet [Review]
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Author Archives: Danny King
Capsule Reviews: Entry #6
[Click here for a reminder of the concept behind the "Capsule Reviews" series.] Amateur (Hal Hartley, 1994/1995): A work of hysterical originality, Hal Hartley’s fourth feature synthesizes crime-genre hallmarks and superbly silly banter — floppy disks are a subject of … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Pacino, Amateur, Annie Fratellini, Capsule Reviews, Chuck Montgomery, Cruising, Damian Young, Dave Simonds, David Wayne, Douglas Gordon, Elina Löwensohn, Ernest Laszlo, Fritz Lang, Hal Hartley, Isabelle Huppert, Jeff Taylor, Joseph Losey, Karen Allen, Le Grand Amour, Luther Adler, M (1951), Martin Donovan, Mogwai, Nicole Calfan, Pamela Stewart, Paul Sorvino, Peter Lorre, Philippe Parreno, Pierre Étaix, Reviews, Richard Cox, William Friedkin, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, Zinedine Zidane
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Movie Review: ‘At Any Price’
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Writers: Ramin Bahrani, Hallie Elizabeth Newton | Cast: Clancy Brown, Kim Dickens, Zac Efron, Heather Graham, Maika Monroe, Dennis Quaid, Red West | Rating: R | Runtime: 105 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 | … Continue reading
Screening Log: April 2013
During April, for the first time in a while, I committed myself to maintaining a detailed screening log: nothing too intricate, but just enough information to keep tabs on dates, titles, and viewing locations. This is mostly for personal reference, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrei Rublev, At Any Price, Crank: High Voltage, Cutter's Way, Disconnect, Evil Dead, Fury, Happy Anniversary, High Tide, King Kong, Le Grand Amour, M, Magnificent Obsession, Maniac Cop, Mud, Oblivion, Pain & Gain, Relentless, Safe, Screening Logs, Sun Don't Shine, The Company You Keep, The Last Detail, The Lords of Salem, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Tarnished Angels, The Trial of Joan of Arc, Thief, To the Wonder, Top of the Lake, Un Flic, Welcome to the Punch, Yo Yo, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
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Movie Review: ‘Oblivion’
Director: Joseph Kosinski | Writers: Michael DeBruyn, Karl Gajdusek, Joseph Kosinski (graphic novel) | Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Melissa Leo, Andrea Riseborough | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 126 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 stars, 2013, Andrea Riseborough, Joseph Kosinski, Karl Gajdusek, M83, Melissa Leo, Michael Arndt, Michael DeBruyn, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, O, Oblivion, Olga Kurylenko, Reviews, Tom Cruise
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Movie Review: ‘The Company You Keep’
Director: Robert Redford | Writers: Lem Dobbs, Neil Gordon (novel) | Cast: Julie Christie, Brendan Gleeson, Shia LaBeouf, Brit Marling, Nick Nolte, Robert Redford, Susan Sarandon | Rating: R | Runtime: 125 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 | … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, 3.5 stars, Anna Kendrick, Brendan Gleeson, Brit Marling, C, Jackie Evancho, Julie Christie, Lem Dobbs, Neil Gordon, Nick Nolte, Reviews, Richard Jenkins, Robert Redford, Sam Elliott, Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Root, Susan Sarandon, Terrence Howard, The Company You Keep
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Movie Review: ‘Trance’
Director: Danny Boyle | Writers: Joe Ahearne, John Hodge | Cast: Vincent Cassel, Matt Cross, Rosario Dawson, James McAvoy, Tuppence Middleton, Danny Sapani | Rating: R | Runtime: 101 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 | If you didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, 3.5 stars, Anthony Dod Mantle, Danny Boyle, Danny Sapani, James McAvoy, Joe Ahearne, John Hodge, Jon Harris, Matt Cross, Reviews, Rick Smith, Rosario Dawson, T, Trance, Tuppence Middleton, Vincent Cassel
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Movie Review: ‘Spring Breakers’
Director: Harmony Korine | Writer: Harmony Korine | Cast: Ashley Benson, James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Korine, Gucci Mane | Rating: R | Runtime: 94 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 | During the opening minutes of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, 3.5 stars, Ashley Benson, Benoît Debie, Cliff Martinez, Douglas Crise, Gucci Mane, Gummo, Harmony Korine, James Franco, Rachel Korine, Reviews, S, Selena Gomez, Skrillex, Spring Breakers, Trash Humpers, Vanessa Hudgens
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Capsule Reviews: Entry #5
[Click here for a reminder of the concept behind the "Capsule Reviews" series.] Dark Water (Walter Salles, 2005): An unlikely follow-up to his 2004 breakout The Motorcycle Diaries, this atmospheric chiller is Walter Salles’s first English-language feature, as well as … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Ariel Gade, Body Double, Capsule Reviews, Chloe Sevigny, Dark Water, Dolly Haas, Dougray Scott, George C. Scott, Gummo, Hardcore, Harmony Korine, I Confess, Ilah Davis, Jacob Reynolds, Jean-Yves Escoffier, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Justin Pierce, Karl Malden, Kids, Larry Clark, Leo Fitzpatrick, Linda Manz, Michael Chapman, Montgomery Clift, Nick Sutton, O.E. Hasse, Paul Anthelme, Paul Schrader, Pete Postlethwaite, Peter Boyle, Rafael Yglesias, Reviews, Rosario Dawson, Ruth Grandfort, Tim Roth, Walter Salles, Yakira Peguero
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