Sully movie with Tom Hanks as US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger: Clint Eastwood homage to the “noble and decent American” threatened by a “heartless government.” ‘Sully’ movie review: ‘Taut, straightforward’…
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Freida Pinto and Dev Patel: SAG Awards’ Best Cast winners. Danny Boyle’s sleeper hit Slumdog Millionaire marked the feature film debut of British actor Dev Patel and Indian model Freida…
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Atonement with Vanessa Redgrave. Having made her big-screen debut in the late 1950s (Behind the Mask) and a steady film actress since the mid-1960s (Blow-Up, Camelot), Vanessa Redgrave was bypassed…
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Catherine Deneuve with Ludivine Sagnier, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Isabelle Huppert, Firmine Richard, Emmanuelle Béart in François Ozon’s off-kilter musical-comedy-drama-murder-mystery-lesbian-sex campfest 8 Women. The all-female cast shared best actress honors…
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Breach movie with Ryan Phillippe and Chris Cooper. A sophisticated spy thriller directed by Billy Ray, Breach creates suspense through intense dialogue exchanges and strong character development, thus avoiding big…
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Jeremy Brock’s comedy-drama/road movie Driving Lessons, the story of how a Christian teenager finds inner freedom after becoming friends with a retired actress, is a moderately enjoyable coming-of-age story whose…
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Muslim father vs. European son road movie topped this year’s Mar del Plata Film Festival: Ismaël Ferroukhi’s French-Moroccan co-production Le Grand Voyage features Mar del Plata’s Best Actor winner Mohamed…
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Kinsey movie: Screened at the Telluride and Toronto festivals, Bill Condon’s biopic takes a cautious approach to the life and character of the obstinate mid-20th-century sex researcher and co-author of…
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Alfred Kinsey, Kinsey Scale creator: Criticized by some for his methodology and by others for daring to delve into the issue of human sexuality, Dr. Alfred Charles Kinsey became both…