Starring:
Michael Caine, David Morrissey, Anne-Marie Duff`
Review:
It’s fitting that Michael Caine — Sir Michael since the
queen wisely knighted him in 2000 — is cast here as a
magician. Caine’s acting wizardry should be taught at Hogwarts.
Alfie, Sleuth, The Man Who Would Be
King, Dressed to Kill, Educating Rita,
Hannah and Her Sisters, The Cider House Rules,
The Quiet […]

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Starring:
Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack, Steve Zahn
Review:
Don’t be scammed by the “sunshine” in the title. More than a few
dark clouds roll through this tale of two sisters, played with
comic zest and quiet desperation by Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, who
decide to make a living by cleaning up crime scenes in […]

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Starring:
Clint Eastwood
Review:
Clint Eastwood has hinted that his role as bigoted Korean War
veteran Walt Kowalski — a gun-toting widower living in
Detroit near the struggling Ford auto plant and even nearer to the
Asian immigrants crowding him out of his run-down, racially mixed
hood — may be his last role as an actor. Eastwood, 78, has
two Oscars […]

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Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson
Review:
The main problem with this treatise on racial politics
undercover as an exercise in suspense is that the director, Neil
LaBute, didn’t write the script. LaBute is an incendiary playwright
(Bash, The Mercy Seat, Fat Pig) who puts us in the company
of misogynist men who slowly reveal their base instincts.
Lakeview Terrace, written […]

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Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson
Review:
The main problem with this treatise on racial politics
undercover as an exercise in suspense is that the director, Neil
LaBute, didn’t write the script. LaBute is an incendiary playwright
(Bash, The Mercy Seat, Fat Pig) who puts us in the company
of misogynist men who slowly reveal their base instincts.
Lakeview Terrace, written […]

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