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Mon, Jul 19 2010

Inception: Nolan’s Recurring Dream

This article is an overview of the film “Inception” as a continuation of the director’s filmography. For the review of “Inception,” click here. “Inception” is, unmistakeably, a Christopher...

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Sun, Jan 3 2010

Sherlock Holmes

In a non-scientific observation, Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” appears to have a fairly shallow relationship with modern generations. He is at once a pop culture icon that everyone...

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Tue, Nov 10 2009

The Box

It is difficult to imagine anybody being keen on seeing a film entitled as blandly as John Carpenter’s 1982 horror remake “The Thing.” Nevertheless, no work of art should be judged on...

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Tue, Sep 15 2009

From Toronto International Film Festival Hardheartedness frequently plagues the films of two of the most talented, clever, unconventional and elaborate filmmakers working today, Joel and Ethan Coen. Almost...

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Tue, Aug 25 2009

Inglourious Basterds

Cinema is in many ways like chemistry, with directors analogous to chemists, and their films the products of complex, unpredictable chemical reactions. And in a market flooded with pure substances, straightforward...

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Tue, Aug 18 2009

Funny People

For the simpleton, comedies can be roughly divided into four general combinations, comprised of the adjectives pointed, pointless, funny, and unfunny. There are the pointed and funny, à la “Groundhog...

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Sun, Aug 2 2009

First Look: ‘A Serious Man’

Following in their own footsteps and apparently staying true to their accustomed genres, styles, and leitmotifs, venerable directors Joel and Ethan Coen are about to place another film – and another...

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Sun, Jul 26 2009

‘Alice in Wonderland’ Teaser Released

The teaser trailer for Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” has just been released officially at Comic-Con, following yesterday’s leak. The film is the latest in a set of about a...

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Tue, Jul 21 2009

Brüno

Actor-writer-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is a gaping paradox, at least while on-screen and in character. When appearing as himself, in interviews and the like, his image is fairly straightforward: a smart,...

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Wed, Jul 15 2009

Cold Souls

From Karlovy Vary International Film Festival While watching the European premiere of “Cold Souls,” I couldn’t help but draw parallels with a favorite of mine, the ’98 Spike Jonze...

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