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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Five-star trailer: “Her”
Writer/director Spike Jonze–best known for the acclaimed, quirky dramedies Being John Malkovich and Adaptation–looks like he has another offbeat winner on his hands with the new film Her. Fresh off his critically-adored, Oscar-nominated turn in last year’s The Master, Joaquin Phoenix stars as a depressed … Continue reading
The McConaughey ‘career renaissance’ continues in the excellent Southern drama “Mud”
Matthew McConaughey. A few years ago, that name was synonymous for romantic-comedy “fluff” films such as The Wedding Planner and Failure to Launch. He was pretty much perceived as a “pretty boy” whose prerequisite for a film was to have … Continue reading
Five-star trailer: “American Hustle”
Just one year after writer/director David O. Russell gave us the acclaimed, multiple-Oscar-nominated Silver Linings Playbook, it seems as though he’s done it again with his new, star-studded crime drama American Hustle. Back with Russell are Playbook actors Bradley Cooper … Continue reading
A boy breaks out of his shell and comes of age in the good-hearted dramedy “The Way, Way Back”
In The Way, Way Back, the writer/director team of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (the outlandish dean of TV’s “Community”) deliver a charming coming-of-age story centered on a teenage boy named Duncan (Liam James). Duncan goes away for the … Continue reading
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