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Mar 15th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: Reeling Backward
The 1933 classic established the pop culture image of Henry as a gluttonous toad, and won Charles Laughton the Oscar.
Tags: 1933, alexander korda, charles laughton, classic film, film criticism, Reeling Backward, the private lives of henry viii Posted in Reeling Backward |
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Mar 14th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: DVD Reviews
A movie that desperately wants to be the next “Being John Malkovich,” “Cold Souls” forgets to be funny.
Tags: cold souls, emily watson, new on video, Paul Giamatti, video revew Posted in DVD Reviews |
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Mar 12th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: Reeling Backward
Ostensibly a baseball movie, “Bang the Drum Slowly” is really a meditation on male relationships.
Tags: bang the drum slowly, baseball, classic film, film criticism, john d. hancock, mark harris, michael moriarty, Reeling Backward, robert de niro, sports movies, vincent gardenia Posted in Reeling Backward |
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Mar 11th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: Movie Reviews
“Remember Me” is a mess of a movie, but I respected some of the ambitious things the filmmakers tried to do.
Tags: allen coulter, chris cooper, Emilie de Ravin, film criticism, movie reve, pierce brosnan, remember me, Robert Pattinson, ruby jerins, will fetters Posted in Movie Reviews |
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Mar 10th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: Lede Movies, Movie Reviews
Paul Greengrass’ “Green Zone” tries to frame the Iraq War in simplistic cops-and-robbers terms.
Tags: Brendan Gleeson, film criticism, green zone, Greg Kinnear, matt damon, movie review, paul greengrass Posted in Lede Movies, Movie Reviews |
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Mar 9th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: Podcasts
In this week’s show, Joe and Chris ruminate and pontificate about the Oscar winners and losers and the show itself.
Tags: academy awards, avatar, film criticism, oscars, podcast, Precious, the film yap, the hurt locker, up in the air Posted in Podcasts |
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Mar 9th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: DVD Reviews, Lede DVDs
Difficult to watch but not to be missed, “Precious” is a harrowing tale of our most precious humanity.
Tags: Gabourey Sidibe, Lee Daniels, Mo'Nique, new on blu-ray, new on dvd, new on video, oprah, Precious, sapphire, Tyler Perry, video review Posted in DVD Reviews, Lede DVDs |
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Mar 8th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: DVD Reviews
It’s a shame that “Hachi” failed to get a theatrical release, because it’s worthy tear-jerker.
Tags: hachi, hachi: a dog's tale, jason alexander, joan allen, lasse hallstrom, new on blu-ray, new on video, richard gere, video review Posted in DVD Reviews |
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Mar 8th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: Reeling Backward
“The Sunshine Boys” was an ode to vaudeville, and made George Burns a star at age 80.
Tags: classic film, film criticism, george burns, herbert ross, neil simon, Reeling Backward, richard benjamin, the sunshine boys, walter matthau Posted in Reeling Backward |
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Mar 7th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: Commentary, Lede Commentary
This is it! We’ll be live-blogging the Oscars from 7 p.m. until the big show wraps up.
Tags: academy awards, avatar, blogging, christoph waltz, jeff bridges, Lee Daniels, Mo'Nique, oscar liveblog, oscars, sandra bullock, the blind side, the film yap, the hurt locker Posted in Commentary, Lede Commentary |
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