The Fighter movie stars Mark Wahlberg as boxer Micky Ward. Wahlberg was the film’s only key cast member not shortlisted for an Academy Award. ‘The Fighter’ movie review: ‘Smart’ – i.e., ‘marketable’ – filmmaking David O. Russell’s The Fighter is…
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Nathan Donarum
Nathan Donarum
A Bard College graduate, Nathan Donarum is a passionate cinephile who loves to write and talk about movies. Check out his film website: The Racked Focus. And make sure to follow Nathan on Twitter.
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Black Swan movie with Natalie Portman: Mentally unstable ballerina totally loses it. ‘Black Swan’ movie review: Natalie Portman rises to challenge in ‘most mature’ Darren Aronofsky effort Darren Aronofsky has one of the most amazing talents for not only crafting…
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True Grit cast: Hailee Steinfeld and Jeff Bridges in ‘wonderful’ Joel and Ethan Coen 2010 Western remake. ‘True Grit’ cast delivers first-rate performances in 2010 Joel and Ethan Coen Western remake I’ve gotten to the point with the Coen brothers…
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‘Alice in Wonderland’ 2010: Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. ‘Alice in Wonderland’ 2010: Plenty of visuals, no substance In the interest of full disclosure, I should start this commentary on Alice in Wonderland by saying that I have never…
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127 Hours movie with James Franco as Aron Ralston: Between a rock and a hard place. ‘127 Hours’ movie: James Franco stars in harrowing real-life-based story When I initially heard that Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, the Oscar-winning team behind…
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Brokeback Mountain with Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal: Ang Lee movie full of brilliant touches. As I sit here writing, I am finding it hard to gather my thoughts together. Most of this essay has already been outlined, and yet…
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Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Inception.’ ‘Inception’ movie review: Summer blockbuster with brains & soul Christopher Nolan’s Inception is a summer blockbuster that doesn’t act like one. Unlike so many of the tedious, one-note Big Movies that get released year after year,…
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Roger Deakins: ‘True Grit’ cinematographer has no Oscar to call his own. 2011 Oscar Predictions: Best Cinematography - Roger Deakins, ‘True Grit’ Although Inception‘s Wally Pfister won the 2011 American Society of Cinematographers Award, it’s important to note that the…
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Monster’s Ball 2001 with Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton. This brief piece is an amalgam of two comments posted in response to Alt Film Guide’s Monster’s Ball review written by André Soares. The comments have been slightly re-edited for easier…
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Hiccup (Jay Baruchel), How to Train Your Dragon (top); Jay Baruchel performing Hiccup (bottom) I have to commend DreamWorks. With movies like Kung Fu Panda and now How to Train Your Dragon, they really seem to have hit a stride…
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Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network When a movie, in subsequent viewings, not only sustains the brilliance one saw in it through the first viewing but reveals itself as a more complex and deeper piece of filmmaking, one knows that it…
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The King’s Speech with Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter I can’t imagine what it must be like to be born into royalty. That kind of life, for all the material wealth it provides, must be in so many ways devoid…