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BODY OF LIES – Reviewed by David
Absurdly generic title aside, Body of Lies is a perfectly entertaining Middle East-themed action thriller buoyed by engaging performances from The Quick and the Dead co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and...
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STATE OF PLAY – Reviewed by Will
Though he’s likely best known for directing the last two (and next two) Harry Potter films, British director David Yates began his career helming several excellent BBC television programs. These...
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ROBIN HOOD – Reviewed by Will
Originally, Ridley Scott‘s Robin Hood was to be called Nottingham, and it was to star Russell Crowe as both the Sheriff and the Merry Man in Chief. That film might have been a moderately fresh take on...
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THE NEXT THREE DAYS – Reviewed by David
What was first an 88-minute French film called Pour Elle is now a 133-minute, big-studio thriller starring Russell Crowe and directed by Paul Haggis that, despite needing a bit of trimming, turns out...
View ArticleBROKEN CITY – Reviewed by David
Broken City is a noir wannabe, a big-city-corruption drama starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe that could have been something if guided by Brian DePalma or the late Sidney Lumet, but suffers under...
View ArticleWINTER’S TALE – Reviewed by David
Just so we’re clear, Winter’s Tale bears no relation to the Shakespeare play A Winter’s Tale. That is, aside from being a romance, and even then it’s only sort of one, which probably explains why I...
View ArticleTHE WATER DIVINER – Reviewed by David
I’m a big fan of Russell Crowe the actor, and now I’m more or less a fan of Crowe the director, thanks to how assuredly he guides his directorial debut, The Water Diviner, a handsome and sometimes...
View ArticleTHE NICE GUYS – Reviewed by Noah
In The Nice Guys, everything you loved about the Seventies is back: paisley, non-ironic mustaches, troubled porn stars, the gas crisis. It’s like a time capsule for the days when people would say...
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