Author: Jack Giroux
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Review: ‘Perfect Sense’ Proves To Be Better Than Its Title Suggests
Perfect Sense is a bad, misleading, and laughable title. With the premise and that eye-rolling title, you’d expect this to be a trite romantic comedy,…
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Review: ‘Rampart’ Shows a Corrupt Cop at His Most Paranoid and Flawed
Review: ‘Rampart’ Shows a Corrupt Cop at His Most Paranoid and Flawed Writer-director Oren Moverman’s terrific feature debut, The Messenger, was about trying not to deal…
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Interview: Ben Wheatley Discusses Spoilers, Killers, and the Theories of ‘Kill List’
About a year ago, I saw Ben Wheatley’s Kill List at SXSW. I walked in to the theater unfamiliar with what the film was about…
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Joe Carnahan Talks Mortality, Real Men, and ‘The Grey’
The first reaction of anyone coming out of The Grey probably won’t be, “I bet the director of The A-Team, Smokin’ Aces, and that BMW…
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Interview: Elizabeth Banks Talks ‘Man on a Ledge,’ Non-Gender-Specific Roles, and ‘The Hunger Games’
Not a whole lot of negotiators on film look like Elizabeth Banks. They’re usually gruff, jaded, overweight, sloppy, and any other cliche description you can…
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‘Star Wars Uncut: Director’s Cut’ is How You Swede
‘Star Wars Uncut: Director’s Cut’ is How You Swede For a project that’s been over two years in the making, the ambition of those who created…
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Cartoon Jennifer Lawrence Strikes a Pose in Final ‘Hunger Games’ Poster
Our wise overlord Cole Abaius recently pointed out one of the most burning questions in Hollywood this year: will The Hunger Games be the next…
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Kristen Stewart Remains Mute in New ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ Preview
Kristen Stewart Remains Mute in New ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ Preview Has a titular character for a tentpole film ever been muted in their…
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Review: ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ Misses the Heartstrings Mark
Review: ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ Misses the Heartstrings Mark Remember those trailers for Stephen Daldry’s adaptation of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close that we…