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The Day Kennedy Died (2013)
Together with lots of footage I’ve never seen, details I’ve never known, wonderful interviews with people I didn’t know were still alive, and Spacey’s masterful voiceover, this might be the best documentary of the assassination that’s ever been made. The only thing that would have made it more complete would…
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The Odd Couple II (1998)
More of the same from Lemmon and Matthau. This could very well be Grumpy Old Men III.
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Killing Kennedy (2013)
When making a film about historical events, there’s always the fine line between being broadly accurate and focusing on a smaller, more dramatic part of it. I’m not sure where the sweet spot is, but this one erred on the side of broad accuracy. A lot of what what is…
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Jack Reacher (2012)
An old school detective story. Cruise is OK as Reacher, but most of the other characters are stiff. Pike’s desperately trying to hide an accent. I’m getting tired of foreigners playing Americans with imperfect accents.
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Mama (2013)
Great story. Creepy and suspenseful, with lots of great stings. You can definitely feel the del Toro influence, and it’s also got a Shyamalan suspense quality to it. You don’t see horror like this very often. Chastain has a sultry, pointy-nosed cuteness. The short black hair and rocker look works…
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Flight (2012)
Zemeckis’ direction is polished, Denzel’s performance is great. Horrifying sequence at the beginning.
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Gravity (2013)
Cuarón puts together something that is beautiful and incredibly tense. Might be the only movie I’ve seen with essentially a cast of two. Bullock delivers a refreshingly raw performance. And she looks great. After imagining that the role would have been good for Nathalie Portman, it was interesting to learn…
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Head in the Clouds (2004)
Unexpectedly epic in scale, with a great variety of sets and time periods and foreign countries represented. There’s some nostalgic magic in there, evoking the same feelings as Midnight in Paris. Nice cast, but the film would have been better served with a star in Guy’s role. A young Theron…
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Benny & Joon (1993)
Depp is superficially entertaining, but Chechik’s movie is pretty flat and boring overall. A tame date movie. Very 90’s, with the quirky-is-cool main characters, cheesy music, trendy dress, and perfect lighting in every scene. Lots of familiar faces. Oliver Platt was in everything.
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