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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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Movie Review: ‘Jack Reacher’

Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Writers: Lee Child (book), Christopher McQuarrie | Cast: Jai Courtney, Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Alexia Fast, Werner Herzog, Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Joseph Sikora | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 130 minutes | Year (U.S. … Continue reading

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Movie Review: ‘Liberal Arts’

Director: Josh Radnor | Writer: Josh Radnor | Cast: Zac Efron, Allison Janney, Richard Jenkins, John Magaro, Elizabeth Olsen, Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Reaser | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 97 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Liberal Arts is the … Continue reading

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Movie Review: ‘Killing Them Softly’

Director: Andrew Dominik | Writers: Andrew Dominik, George V. Higgins (novel) | Cast: Vincent Curatola, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Brad Pitt | Rating: R | Runtime: 97 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | … Continue reading

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Movie Review: ‘Le Havre’ (2011)

From first frame to last, Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre treats its potentially dark and socially conscious subject matter with an infectiously feathery and airy tone. This aspect of the film that both propels its and holds it back. As dreamily … Continue reading

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Poster for Bruce Robinson’s ‘The Rum Diary’

While the once-discussed awards hype of Bruce Robinson’s The Rum Diary seems to have mostly vanished, I’m still very much looking forward to checking the film out. I haven’t read the much-heralded Hunter S. Thompson source material — I usually … Continue reading

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Looking Ahead: Forecasting the 2011-2012 Oscar Contenders

Note: As this is my first time doing year-in-advance predictions, feel free to leave a comment below or send an e-mail if you think there are any particular films I’ve left out of my predictions. As of March 8, Best … Continue reading

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Trailer for Tom McCarthy’s ‘Win Win’

Tom McCarthy’s Win Win looks absolutely terrific. It’s the writer-director’s follow-up to The Visitor — which earned Richard Jenkins a Best Actor nomination — and it appears to have more of a comedic beat to it. Nevertheless, there are clearly … Continue reading

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Trailer for Josh Radnor’s ‘Happythankyoumoreplease’

Happythankyoumoreplease, the debut of writer-director Josh Radnor, received a warm welcome at last year’s Sundance Film Festival. On March 4, it will finally receive a theatrical release from Anchor Bay Films. Radnor, best-known for starring on CBS’ How I Met … Continue reading

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