Co-written and directed by Ed Harris from a novel by Robert B. Parker and starring Harris and Viggo Mortensen, Appaloosa is almost a throwback to the old B-westerns. It’s not a cheap film or one of low production quality, but it’s a simple, almost intimate story rather than one with the epic or mythic pretentiousness [...]

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Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris in Appaloosa opening in NY, LA and Toronto
Unless you live in New York or Los Angeles, this might be a good weekend to go see Burn After Reading again because there isn’t much to get excited about in this week’s new wide releases:

Ghost Town. Ricky Gervais is a dentist whose [...]

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Here’s a collection of production items that have come across my desk in the last few days, none of which were interesting enough to inspire their own piece.
Ghostbusters 3. People are strangely excited about a possible new Ghostbusters sequel. I love the first one, barely remember the second and never thought to myself “gee, I wish they’d make [...]

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George Clooney and Frances McDormand in Burn After Reading
You can almost hear the air being let out of the summer movie season. Overall it was a pretty decent four months of movies, but I for one am glad to see it coming to an end. Now it’s time to look forward to the last third [...]

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