Kino

Starring:
Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Bryan
B…
Review:
If looks were everything, director Baz Luhrmann’s epic salute to
his native land would be the movie of the year. But, crikey, a
padded script bloated with subplots and shameless sentimentality
can wear you down. Nicole Kidman pushes way too hard (and the
strain shows) as Lady Sarah Ashley, […]

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Starring:
Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby
Jo…
Review:
A film version of a play about two talking heads. Please. It
shouldn’t work at all. But it does work, spectacularly, as a matter
of fact. It helps that the two people are disgraced President
Richard M. Nixon and British charm boy David Frost, the TV
interviewer who waved […]

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Starring:
Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, James Franco
Review:
Maybe you don’t know a damn thing about gay activist Harvey
Milk. Maybe you ought to know that President-elect Barack Obama
isn’t the only community organizer who went on to make a
difference. Maybe thoughtful filmmaking, no matter how incendiary
and intimate, isn’t worth squat at an infantilized multiplex. Stop
me […]

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Starring:
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli,
…
Review:
Bummer. The vampires have no fangs. The humans are humdrum. The
special effects and makeup define cheeseball. And the movie crowds
in so many characters from Stephenie Meyer?s book that Catherine
Hardwicke (Thirteen) is less a director than a traffic
cop. But there?s a reason that Twilight has already become
the […]

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Starring:
Chazz Palminteri, Robert Davi, Peter Bogdanovich, Miriam
Margolye…
Review:
Here’s the little movie that could, a potent directing debut for
actor Robert Davi, an immortal Bond villain in License to
Kill. Davi plays Danny DePasquale, a star in his 20s when he
and his chubby-chaser pal George Zucco (Chazz Palminteri, in top
form) lead a doo-wop group called the Dukes. […]

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Starring:
Robert Davi, Chazz Palminteri
Review:
Here’s the little movie that could, a potent directing debut for
actor Robert Davi, an immortal Bond villain in License to
Kill. Davi plays Danny DePasquale, a star in his 20s when he
and his chubby-chaser pal George Zucco (Chazz Palminteri, in top
form) lead a doo-wop group called the Dukes. Cut ahead a […]

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Starring:
Catherine Deneuve
Review:
Holiday films in the hands of Hollywood make me puke. Mom is
usually expiring from something terminal while the family dresses
the Christmas tree with brave smiles. This French knockout,
tough-minded and all the more affecting for it, turned my head
around. It hits hard — even the laughs are killers. I should
say that Mom (Catherine […]

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Starring:
Catherine Deneuve
Review:
Holiday films in the hands of Hollywood make me puke. Mom is
usually expiring from something terminal while the family dresses
the Christmas tree with brave smiles. This French knockout,
tough-minded and all the more affecting for it, turned my head
around. It hits hard — even the laughs are killers. I should
say that Mom (Catherine […]

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Starring:
Daniel Craig
Review:
So shoot me. I left the action rush of this follow-up to the
terrific 2006 Casino Royale feeling bummed out by James
Bond. Well, not by the Bond of Daniel Craig — he’s still one
nasty-ass dude, with the kind of rough-edged style that the 007
franchise hasn’t seen since the glory days of Sean Connery. […]

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