January 21, 2013

Hitchcock*

    Hitchcock Release Date: December 14, 2012 Runtime: 98 minutes Rating: PG-13 Studio: Fox Searchlight Director: Sacha Gervasi Cast: Anthony Hopkins; Helen Mirren; Danny Huston; Scarlett Johansson; Jessica Biel     A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic “Psycho,” set against the backdrop of Hitch’s relationship […]
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January 25, 2013

Contagion

    Contagion Release Date: September 9, 2011 Runtime: 106 minutes Rating: PG-13 Studio: Warner Bros. Director: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Matt Damon; Kate Winslet; Jude Law; Marion Cotillard; Gwyneth Paltrow; Laurence Fishburne     “Outbreak” for the new millennium.  Steven Soderbergh’s mysterious virus-that-decimates-the-population movie has a great first hour, when […]
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January 26, 2013

Where The Truth Lies

    Where the Truth Lies Release Date: October 7, 2005 Runtime: 107 minutes Rating: R Studio: THINKFilm Director: Atom Egoyan Cast: Colin Firth; Kevin Bacon; Alison Lohman; Rachel Blanchard; David Hayman     This is an interesting little noir.  Not as tight as it could probably be, but still […]
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January 30, 2013

Mama

    Mama Release Date: January 18, 2013 Runtime: 100 minutes Rating: PG-13 Studio: Universal Director: Andres Muschietti Cast: Jessica Chastain; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau; Megan Charpentier; Isabelle Nelisse; Daniel Kash     This is a creepy little movie. Mama tells the tale of two little girls who are brought to a […]
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March 8, 2013

The Master*: A Reel Podcast

    The Master Release Date: September 21, 2012 Runtime: 144 minutes Rating: R Studio: The Weinstein Company Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman; Joaquin Phoenix; Amy Adams     *2013 Academy Award Nominations Best Actor…..Joaquin Phoenix Best Supporting Actor…..Philip Seymour Hoffman Best Supporting Actress…..Amy Adams
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April 3, 2013

Side Effects

    Side Effects Release Date: February 8, 2013 Runtime: 106 minutes Rating: R Studio: Open Road Films Director: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Jude Law; Rooney Mara; Catherine Zeta-Jones; Channing Tatum     Instead of going out with a bang, Steven Soderbergh decided to go out with more of a tremble. […]
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June 3, 2013

Stakeout

    Stakeout Release Date: August 5, 1987 Runtime: 117 minutes Rating: R Studio: Touchstone Pictures (Disney) Director: John Badham Cast: Richard Dreyfuss; Emilio Estevez; Madeleine Stowe; Aidan Quinn; Forest Whitaker; Dan Lauria     This is a harmless, rather insignificant movie. No belly laughs, but some chuckles, as Richard Dreyfuss and […]
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August 26, 2015

No Escape

This is the kind of movie I feel like they don’t quite make anymore. “No Escape” is something that Charles Bronson or even Sylvester Stallone might have starred in back in their 70s/80s glory days. Basically, it’s a standard “family in peril” movie, albeit a lot (and I do mean a LOT) more violent than others of similar ilk.
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January 3, 2017

Jackie

Natalie Portman disappears into Camelot with her astonishing portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy in “Jackie.” Portman, director Pablo Larraín and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim provide an unusual glimpse into what life must have been like for Jackie in the week following the assassination of her husband, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, as she juggled two small grieving children, her own melancholy and the mourning of a nation.
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