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Yuck. A big F. U. to the NFL that hypocritically revels in jock sniffing, Any Given Sunday qualifies as a guilty treat mainly due to its extensive use of legendary players. Non-fans should steer clear. Oliver Stone manages the near impossible: making the NFL banal. He wastes copious star …
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Legends as caricatures: Pacino & Brown
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Denzel Washington stars as a Navy psychologist who tries to help a young sailor in Antwone Fisher. Derek Luke stars as the title character as a young man who is continuously violent while onboard his ship, suffering from deep emotional trauma suffered as a foster child. Washington plays Dr. J…
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It hasn’t aged well, this Seventies icon. Maybe because Woody Allen self-parodied himself in real life, or Left Wing Manhattan neurotics are no longer exotic characters, or topical gags don’t have much shelf life. “La-dee-da, la-dee-da.” Sure it’s still a benchmark movie. The Academy doesn’t …
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Trailer for a Best Picture winner
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And So It Goes goes very well as a date night destination, especially for those of us who have received AARP junk mail. It’s a RomCom for the ages, the golden ages, which start pretty early these days. Diane Keaton & Michael Douglas are perfectly cast in this classic Rob Reiner RomCom. It’s …
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Modern Fam: Grandpa, Granddaughter, G...
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It might be considered formulaic these days, but this movie is one of the classic ‘underdog bucks the obsticles, makes it, and gets the girl to boot’ military flicks a-la Top Gun. Gere works well as the come from behind Mayo and you can’t do better than Gosset as the rough-hewn drill sergeant. De… |
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Not your normal coming-of-age movie, this charming and engaging early-60s period piece seems likely to be remembered as Carey Mulligan’s coming-of-stardom vehicle. Carey who? That’s a question few will be asking after this splendid young star makes another movie or two. But wait, there’s m…
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The real Lynn Barber got "an education."
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