When you make horror movies for a third of a century, you are likely to lay the occasional egg. With his latest, Wes Craven serves up a particularly scrambled mess.
The legendary director reached what arguably could be called his innovative apex about a decade ago (now that’s scary) during the fertile period in which he […]
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Woody Allen has three sides: the flat-out comedian, the dramatist with a twist, and the Bergman-inspired misery monger. In each face, there have been good films and bad — most fans will sing praises of Bananas, Manhattan, and Interiors while rebuking A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, Alice, and September — and yet fans still hold […]
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Curse of the Golden Flower is director Zhang Yimou’s ambitious attempt to blend martial arts action with Shakespearean melodrama. It’s not a perfect marriage but it offers two hours of solidly over-the-top entertainment featuring incredible visuals and powerful performances by international icons Gong Li and Chow Yun Fat. While aspects of Curse of the Golden […]
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This is a mood movie. Not the movie’s mood. Your mood while you’re watching it. If you’ve got the itch for a syrupy, sentimental, blatantly manipulative film experience, then “Curly Sue” is just your ticket. And who isn’t ready for something gushy once in a while? As much as I resisted through the whole first […]
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“Cube”. There is something gratifying to the opening of the 1997 Canadian film where the hapless prisoner is caught in a grid of razor wire and literally falls to pieces. The fact that a gory set piece such as that could be followed by a psychological thriller with the feel of a good “Twilight Zone” […]
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