Tag Archives: The Master

Top 20 Films of 2012: #1-10

I don’t have too much to add, in the way of introduction, to what I wrote yesterday. It is worth mentioning, though, that almost half of the titles below — in addition some from the #11-20 crop — are currently … Continue reading

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Movie Review: ‘Trouble with the Curve’

Director: Robert Lorenz | Writer: Randy Brown | Cast: Amy Adams, Clint Eastwood, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard, Joe Massingill, Justin Timberlake | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 111 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Say what you want about Clint … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts on Seeing ‘The Master’ Early, and What It Revealed About the Process of Generating Opinion

Two things, before I get going: (1) Yes, I am aware that the title of this piece is wackily long-winded, and (2) If you’re worried about potential spoilers for The Master — which I certainly would be, too, if I … Continue reading

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Movie Review: ‘The Master’

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson | Cast: Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Plemons | Rating: R | Runtime: 137 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | In Paul Thomas Anderson’s The … Continue reading

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Movie Review: ‘The Bourne Legacy’

Director: Tony Gilroy | Writers: Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, Robert Ludlum (characters/inspiration) | Cast: Scott Glenn, Oscar Isaac, Stacy Keach, Edward Norton, Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 135 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Tony … Continue reading

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Trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’

The great trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master — which, humorously, Michael Phillips recently declared to be one of the three best films he’s seen all summer — has finally landed over at Apple, only a couple days after … Continue reading

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Anticipating David O. Russell’s Adaptation of Matthew Quick’s ‘Silver Linings Playbook’

I still can’t quite put my finger on what it was about the recent trailer for David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook — which debuted a couple of weeks ago over at Yahoo — that reached out to me with … Continue reading

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Looking Ahead: Forecasting the 2012-2013 Oscar Contenders

You may or may not recall the out-of-the-gate Oscar forecasting I did right around this time last year. It was mostly a lot of blindfolded speculation, as information regarding most of the contenders in question was limited-to-nonexistent. The case is … Continue reading

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Oscar Recap: ‘Artist,’ ‘Hugo’ Take Five Statues Apiece

That Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter took home their second consecutive Best Film Editing Oscar — last year for The Social Network, this year for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, another hyper-kinetic David Fincher film — was an out-of-nowhere … Continue reading

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