An entertaining and refreshingly adult thriller that mostly overcomes the weaknesses of its source material with plenty of style and intelligence and a raft of excellent performances.
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Is KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT w/Bening, Moore, Ruffalo and Wasikowska the first Sundance darling of 2010?
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Want to see another Shutter Island trailer? I haven’t watched the other ones and I’m not watching this one, but don’t let that stop you. I’m told the second trailer was the same as the first. Had I watched either one, I might’ve known this.
Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island [...]
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Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s story should appeal to imaginative children and adults who still remember their own tumultuous childhoods.
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I managed to avoid the first trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and I’m not about to break down and watch this one. I have no idea how it’s different than the first one, but enjoy.
In case you’ve forgotten, the film based on Dennis Lehane’s novel stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, [...]
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The suddenly everywhere-you-look Mia Wasikowska (Defiance, That Evening Sun, Amelia, Alice In Wonderland, HBO’s In Treatment) has been cast as doomed Who drummer Keith Moon in…wait, no. That’s not it.
Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson (Bridge to Terabithia) have been cast as two siblings who go off to find the sperm donor for their same-sex parents played by Julianne Moore and Annette Benning. They come back with Mark Ruffalo who turns the family upside down.
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I haven’t decided whether to watch this trailer for the latest Scorsese film yet or not, but don’t let that stop you. Catch it in HD at Apple if you’d prefer.
Based on the crime thriller by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone), Shutter Island tells the story of two US marshals (Leonardo DiCaprio and [...]
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The Brothers Bloom isn’t just a movie about a con. It is itself a confidence trick. The difference is that the marks are all sitting in the audience instead of on the screen.
Deploying his now trademarked abundance of style and excess of patter, writer/director Rian Johnson (Brick) tries for two hours to distract the audience [...]
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It’s been kicked around and it’s been delayed, but here are the first 7 minutes to The Brothers Bloom, Rian Johnson’s anticipated (in some quarters) follow up to his debut film Brick to help you decide for yourself:
You can also check out a different clip over at Apple.
I’ve tried to be optimistic about this one [...]
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Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo in What Doesn’t Kill You
(Ed. This is the first of what I hope is a continuing series of reviews from new LiC contributor Sam Kressner. Catch Sam’s introduction below.)
The latest Irish crime drama set in the Southside of Boston, What Doesn’t Kill You deals less with lofty abstractions of nihilism [...]
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