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Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain have ‘A Most Violent Year’ in a new trailer
No one could accuse writer-director J.C. Chandor of going an easily predictable route with his filmography to date. Margin Call, his 2011 feature debut that earned him an Oscar nomination, was an ensemble piece about the recent financial crisis, and he followed that with 2013’s All Is Lost, which only featured one actor (Robert Redford, […] More
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‘A Most Violent Year’, the new film from J.C. Chandor, gets its first trailer
The 2011 cinematic year saw a number of newcomers make a splash, including J.C. Chandor, whose Margin Call impressed many, including legendary actor Robert Redford. Chandor followed up his film about the financial crisis by making a survival drama about a man lost at sea with Redford, proving himself to be more than a one-hit […] More
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The Mythology and Symbolism of ‘Drive’
It is always a little special when a film that on the surface bears no signs of ulterior motive becomes the subject of mass deconstruction by a plethora of critics, casuals and the insane. Case in point would be Sound on Sight’s film of 2011, Drive. More
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‘Only God Forgives’ a bizarre, excessively gory reunion for Refn and Gosling
Style oozes from every frame of Only God Forgives, tinged in red, like the blood that so frequently sprays across the screen and lands in artfully designed splatters. Writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn and star Ryan Gosling, reuniting after the cult success of 2011’s Drive, have collaborated on a truly baffling, bizarre, and gory crime drama that’s wall-to-wall striking, pretty images. Unlike Drive, however, Only God Forgives is hollow underneath all the model-like posturing and the flashes of excessive, gratuitous violence. More
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‘This Is 40’ a meandering and mildly successful mid-life crisis dramedy
This is 40 Directed by Judd Apatow Written by Judd Apatow USA, 2012 Over the past decade, Judd Apatow the writer has made a calculated effort to mature himself, while Judd Apatow the producer indulges in his childish side. The films he’s directed have gotten progressively less raunchy and more introspective, as he’s explored unexpected […] More
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 63: ‘Finding Nemo’
On this week’s episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, hell has frozen over. To quote the great Bill Murray, cats and dogs living together–mass hysteria! Yes, it’s true: Josh liked a movie more than Mike. And that movie is this week’s focus: the Pixar film Finding Nemo, which has been re-released in theaters thanks to a 3D […] More
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‘Finding Nemo 3D’ is an excellent reminder of why Pixar is so beloved
Finding Nemo 3D Directed by Andrew Stanton Co-directed by Lee Unkrich Written by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds USA, 2003 and 2012 Pixar is in the middle of its growing pains as a studio. The public still loves them, but a good chunk of the media wants them to return to their glory […] More
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Trailer: Judd Apatow’s ‘This Is 40’ — a sort-of sequel to ‘Knocked Up’
Judd Apatow’s This Is 40 debuted a trailer a few months ago that was just what we’ve come to expect from him over the years. The last we saw of Apatow was the Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen cancer/comedy vehicle Funny People, a film that showed Apatow’s serious side and perhaps provided proof that he was […] More
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Watch the hour-long Hollywood Reporter’s Actors Roundtable – and ask yourself where is Michael Fassbender?
Every year in the month of December, The Hollywood Reporter invites a selection of actors, actresses, writers and directors of the year’s best films to sit down and discuss them. We recently posted the release of the director’s roundtable but now THR has dropped video for the actors roundtable, which features George Clooney of The […] More