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‘The Counselor’ a Cormac McCarthy tale of venality and death through and through, save one bit of miscasting
In his later years, the novelist Cormac McCarthy has circled like a vulture around the theme of death, specifically its inevitable grip on humanity. No Country for Old Men and The Road presented very different worlds, both filled with men trying desperately to withstand the inexorable hand of the reaper, and eventually realizing that there wasn’t much left but to give into what comes for us all. Such an existential fear is, perhaps unsurprisingly, the foundation of McCarthy’s newest foray, his screenplay for the crime thriller The Counselor. Its director is the prolific Ridley Scott, and its cast is impressively stacked, but this is a McCarthy story through and through, which is mostly heartening news. More
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Cinema’s Greatest Villains: The 2000s
Villains are an essential part of genre cinema. Though scores of filmmakers have attempted to create truly great villains throughout the history of film, only a few have succeeded in achieving this difficult goal. This article will take a look at the great film villains of the 2000’s. The criteria for this article is the […] More
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“The Counsellor”, Ridley Scott and Cormac McCarthy’s collaboration, releases its first trailer
While writer Cormac McCarthy has been known by many for his novels, it wasn’t until 2000’s All the Pretty Horses that film fans began to take note of his work. 2007’s No Country For Old Men, the Coen Brothers’ adaptation of his novel, however, was McCarthy’s breakthrough in Hollywood, and fans of both his film […] More
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‘To The Wonder’, filmmaker Terrence Malick’s newest feature, gets a full trailer
Despite having a directing filmography consisting of only five films over nearly 40 years, Terrence Malick has left an undeniable stamp, garnering heavy critical acclaim with the features, many of which have ended up on top 10 lists in their respective years, and whose acclaim has not faded with time. The combination of the two […] More
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BAFTAs 2013: Who is going to win? – part 2
Now that we are nearing the big awards of the season, it is time to revisit the nominations and predictions for the 2013 BAFTAs. Part 2 will cover the following categories: (see part one here) Best Film Best British Film Leading Actor Leading Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Director The EE BAFTA […] More
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‘To The Wonder’, Terrence Malick’s newest feature, gets a trailer
Despite having a filmography that can be counted by many on one hand, filmmaker Terrence Malick is nonetheless well-revered among film fans, with his last effort, 2011’s The Tree of Life, making it near or at the top of many critics’ top 10 lists at the end of the year. While Malick has previously been […] More
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TIFF 2012: ‘To the Wonder’ is more of the same if still agreeably challenging
To the Wonder Written by Terrence Malick Directed by Terrence Malick USA, 2012 As a discernibly spiritual companion piece to The Tree of Life, many with either be pleased or displeased to know that To the Wonder, Terrence Malick’s latest, fits the bill perfectly. Remaining lofty even by the reclusive auteur’s standards, what stands before […] More
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Trailer: James Bond Returns in ‘Skyfall’
Bond (Daniel Craig) is back indeed, this time returning in Sam Mendes’ (American Beauty, Road to Perdition) Skyfall. The film follows Bond’s loyalty to M (Judi Dench), as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Javier Bardem […] More
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Stephen King Update: ‘Carrie’ Remake, ‘Dark Tower’ Not Dead
In the present trend of remakes, it should not come as a surprise when news came, via The Hollywood Reporter, that Stephen King’s Carrie will now be the latest in that trend. That’s right folks, there will be yet another iteration of the horror story of the shy telekinetic teenage girl who wreaks havoc at […] More
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Javier Bardem Takes on Stephen King’s ‘Dark Tower’ Saga
It’s been quite a long time since one of Stephen King’s works created so much buzz. That could be attributed to the grand scale of his latest on screen project which was announced last year in collaboration with Ron Howard. The duo plan to bring King’s sprawling eight book Dark Tower series to the big […] More
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First Lush Image of Terrence Malick’s Other New Project
We all know about Tree of Life but Terrence Malick is already working on a new project which doesn’t have a title or a distributor. Thanks to THR, we have the first official image from the film. The image is of Rachel McAdams and Ben Affleck. The film has been shooting in Oklahoma and has […] More
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FNC 2010: Biutiful = Three Bad Movies for the Price of One
——– Biutiful Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Ornately, elaborately disastrous, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s first venture following the schism that separated him from longtime screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, Biutiful, can’t be faulted for its lack of ambition. While the film scales back somewhat from Arriaga’s tendency to tie together a half-dozen or so disparate characters, Biutiful somehow […] More
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