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Movie Review: ‘Safe’ (2012)

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Danny King

There are moments of bliss in Safe. A subway-set brawl, save for the shoddy visual-effects rendering required when Jason Statham’s Luke Wright is forced to climb aboard the fleeting train, comes to mind for its giddy acceptance of the film’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Shame’ (2011)

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Danny King

Michael Fassbender tears up the screen in Steve McQueen’s Shame. The actor offered a quietly evocative and committed performance in McQueen’s profound debut Hunger, but that was a film that worked with multiple narrative fibers. In Shame, though, Fassbender’s Brandon, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘The Skin I Live In’ (2011)

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Danny King

It’s hard not to appreciate the expectedly assured craftsmanship on display in Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In, and it’s even harder to discount the undeniably tasty prospect of the respected writer-director branching out and tackling the twisted material … Continue reading →

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Recent Home Viewings: ‘Kinsey,’ ‘Monster’s Ball,’ ‘Sideways’

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Danny King

It’s been a while since I reviewed my first slate of “Recent Home Viewings,” but I plan on upping my output, as the current drought of in-theater attractions — I think The Trip will end up being my first theatrical … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Super 8′ (2011)

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Danny King

If you’re set on seeing Super 8, which many people probably are, here’s one piece of advice: stay put for the closing credits, because the intentionally hammy short film that plays over them has some of the most pleasing moments … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Somewhere’ (2010)

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Danny King

Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere explores an ordinary subject matter in a style that is strikingly akin to the one implemented by Anton Corbijn in this year’s The American. Coppola’s 42-page script would have been the basis for an hour-long project if … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Stone’ (2010)

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Danny King

From the look of it, John Curran’s Stone appears to be another cliché-ridden thriller with the Righteous Kill-like intention of pairing up aging star Robert De Niro with a beautiful actress nearly half his age. That assumption, thankfully, should be … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘The Social Network’ (2010)

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Danny King

The Social Network, the new knockout from David Fincher, opens up with a war of words, set in a college bar, between Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) and Erica Albright (Rooney Mara). The back-and-forth jabbering goes on for nearly ten minutes, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘sex, lies, and videotape’ (1989)

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Danny King

Winner of the 1989 Palme d’Or, sex, lies, and videotape – one of the most influential indie films of its time – is about a group of people who sleep with each other, lie to each other, and, occasionally, videotape … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Solitary Man’ (2010)

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Danny King

There are moments of excellence in Solitary Man, most of which revolve around the vibes of Michael Douglas’ splendid lead performance. Douglas plays Ben Kalmen, a once-renowned car dealer who has been slowly losing his sanity over the past few … Continue reading →

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