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Movie Review: ‘The Five-Year Engagement’ (2012)

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Danny King

I have a good deal of respect for a lot of what’s going on in The Five-Year Engagement. The film represents a monstrous thematic leap for writer-director Nicholas Stoller, whose two previous features, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Footnote’ (2012)

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Danny King

Joseph Cedar’s Footnote, winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and one of four runners-up to Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation for the most recent Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, is a curiously uneven depiction of … Continue reading →

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‘Fear and Loathing’ in the Sunshine

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Danny King

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending a midnight showing of Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas at Landmark’s NYC-based Sunshine Cinemas. Since my migration to New York, I’ve been trying to take every possible advantage … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘The Fighter’ (2010)

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Danny King

The Fighter is a deceptive title because the titular character, Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg), spends most of his screen time outside of the ring. The first two-thirds of the film, in fact, contains only a single bout, during which Micky … Continue reading →

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