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Capsule Reviews: Entry #8

Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 1:36 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

[Click here for a reminder of the concept behind the "Capsule Reviews" series.] The Candidate (Michael Ritchie, 1972): Scripted by an Oscar-winning Jeremy Larner, who cut his teeth as a speechwriter during Senator Eugene J. McCarthy’s 1968 presidential campaign, The … Continue reading

Capsule Reviews: Entry #7

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 11:42 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

[Click here for a reminder of the concept behind the "Capsule Reviews" series.] Un Flic (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972/1975): Released in Jean-Pierre Melville’s native France only a year before his untimely death at the age of fifty-five, Un Flic is a … Continue reading

Capsule Reviews: Entry #6

Posted on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 2:04 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

[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

Movie Review: ‘At Any Price’

Posted on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 3:35 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

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

Movie Review: ‘To the Wonder’

Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 8:08 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: Terrence Malick | Writer: Terrence Malick | Cast: Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Tatiana Chiline, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Romina Mondello | Rating: R | Runtime: 112 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 | “What is this love that … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Oblivion’

Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 6:20 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

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

Movie Review: ‘The Company You Keep’

Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 1:43 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

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

Movie Review: ‘Stories We Tell’

Posted on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 1:05 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: Sarah Polley | Writer: Sarah Polley | Cast: Peter Evans, Harry Gulkin, Rebecca Jenkins, Diane Polley, Michael Polley, Sarah Polley | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 108 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 | Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Trance’

Posted on Monday, April 1, 2013 at 6:38 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

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

Movie Review: ‘Spring Breakers’

Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 at 5:31 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

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