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Movie Review: ‘Chico & Rita’ (2012)

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Danny King

Chico & Rita, which is fresh off receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Film, is nothing if not a visual delight. Charting an oft-tested love story that stretches across the globe, the film renders multiple hotspots — notably, Havana, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Chronicle’ (2012)

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Danny King

From the very moment its inciting incident played out on screen, I had concerns about where Chronicle was going to end up. That’s no reflection of the overall film, which for about the first hour holds a surprising amount of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Contraband’ (2012)

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Danny King

For what it’s worth, Contraband is a mostly decent action-thriller, albeit one that’s drenched in the all-too-often sluggishness of wide-scale January releases. For about 80 minutes, the film’s pacing pleasingly mirrors the choppy momentum of the freight ship that dominates … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Carnage’ (2011)

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Danny King

The next time Roman Polanski confronts material with roots in the theater, I won’t be looking forward to it. Carnage, his thoroughly disappointing adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s acclaimed, award-winning play, turns out to be little more than a flimsy, unimportant … Continue reading →

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Recent Home Viewings: ‘The Collector,’ ‘Notes on a Scandal,’ ‘The Pledge’

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Danny King

The Collector (1965) Based on John Fowles’ chilling 1963 novel, William Wyler’s The Collector is a well-acted and competently made thriller that nevertheless functions as a reminder of some of the inherent differences between the mediums of film and literature. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.’ (2011)

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Danny King

It’s obvious from Crazy, Stupid, Love.‘s oddly-punctuated title — no, according to IMDb, that is not a typo — that screenwriter Dan Fogelman (Cars, Tangled) and co-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (I Love You Philip Morris, which I still … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ (2011)

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Danny King

What’s interesting about Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger is that, while you’re watching it, the by-the-book nature of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely’s screenplay is noticeable every step of the way — there’s the standard-issue love story, the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Conviction’ (2010)

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Danny King

According to the closing credits of Tony Goldwyn’s Conviction, hundreds of convicted felons in the past few decades have been exonerated with the help of DNA testing. What separates this film’s story from the rest of these notable occurrences is … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Changeling’ (2008)

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Danny King

Clint Eastwood’s Changeling is a film for which the “true story” label is absolutely necessary. The torture inflicted upon Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) throughout the course of this film is enough to make you sick. If this stuff were made … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Cyrus’ (2010)

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Danny King

Cyrus is a film which proves that a group of good actors possess the ability to stretch thin material for an entire 90 minutes. The film’s premise, based on a screenplay from filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass, is clever, but, … Continue reading →

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