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Movie Reviews: The Woman in Black, The Flowers of War, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Published Feb. 8, 2012
My first reaction to The Woman in Black was “all nerves, no heart.” But I have a weakness for the sort of nerve-stretching that the film employs. The sort that comes from a long shot that ...
Movies: The Grey, Declaration of War, and the Jewish Film Festival
Published Feb. 1, 2012
Another buzz-kill week at the movies: wolves, cancer, thoughts of Oscar. Oy vey (yes, let us prepare for the Jewish film festival). Joe Carnahan’s The Grey, about men pursued by Alaskan wolves, will not be confused ...
This Week in Movies: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Albert Nobbs, A Separation
Published Jan. 25, 2012
Hollywood spends too much time and money turning tragedies into buckets of custard. In The Descendants, a coma crisis is sweetened by Hawaiian scenery and George Clooney’s breeze-along charm. In We Bought a Zoo, the death ...
The Conquest, Beneath the Darkness, Tomboy: Reviewed
Published Jan. 11, 2012
Director Xavier Durringer imagines the political ascent of French president Nicolas Sarkozy. There is a touch of vulgar whimsy in the way the politicians phrase ... More Post a comment
A Dozen Roses: The Best Movies of 2011
Published Jan. 4, 2012
A regular Top Ten feels skimpy for 2011. It was a good year at the movies, if you knew where to look. I offer 12 ... More Comments (8)
Reviews of War Horse, We Bought a Zoo, Pariah
Published Dec. 28, 2011
The ritual Top Ten ceremony waits until next week, as we look at the last movie glimmers of 2011: There is a hellish episode in ... More Comments (2)
Joy to the Screen
Published Dec. 21, 2011
Scott: The first inkling that Christmas was not a holiday for Hebrews came from a neighbor kid, the fine Aryan specimen Timothy Murphy: “My Uncle ... More Comments (4)
Movie Reviews: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Adventures of Tintin, A Dangerous Method
Published Dec. 21, 2011
Playing George Smiley in the new film of John le Carré’s most famous book, Gary Oldman is a long, gentlemanly way from his punky Sid ... More Comments (4)
Movie Reviews: The Artist and Carnage
Published Dec. 14, 2011
Glad tidings, of coming holiday gifts: “I won’t talk!” silently mouths an actor in the silent movie being made inside The Artist, a film that ... More Post a comment
Movie Review: Shame, London Boulevard, New Year's Eve
Published Dec. 7, 2011
In the early moments of Shame, we learn that sex addict Brandon Sullivan (Michael Fassbender) has a huge member, as if nature was instructing him ... More Post a comment
Movie Review: Hugo, Le Havre, The Women on the 6th Floor, Young Goethe in Love
Published Nov. 30, 2011
As the year starts to fade, we find time for some three-star entertainments: Martin Scorsese, our national auteur and No. 1 movie fan, converts his ... More Post a comment
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