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Bill Paxton

Mean Dreams movie review: Paxton et justitia

Sun, Mar 19, 2017
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Tepid teen romance turned implausible thriller is just about saved by a powerful, and unusually disturbing, performance from Bill Paxton (one of his last).

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curated: Bill Paxton has died, and I just learned the weirdest thing about him

Sun, Feb 26, 2017
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Bill Paxton is dead at only 61 — way way way way way way too young — and I just discovered this…

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Nightcrawler movie review: how news gets broken

Mon, Nov 03, 2014
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Noirish 1950s cynicism meets nasty 1970s Corman-esque exploitation in a thriller that is uncomfortable, unpleasant, unforgiving, and pretty darn brilliant.

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Edge of Tomorrow trailer: welcome to yesterday?

Mon, Mar 03, 2014
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Wasn’t there a TV soap called Edge of Tomorrow years back? (It was two soap operas, in fact: Search for Tomorrow and The Edge of Night.)

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way to force me to watch Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. again…

Mon, Jan 13, 2014
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Starburst says Bill Paxton is joining the show…

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The Colony review

Mon, Sep 23, 2013
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A small-scale science-fiction horror story full of big, troubling ideas about what a new Dark Ages might look like.

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2 Guns review: buddy cops, slight of hand

Fri, Aug 30, 2013
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Oddly took some advice not intended for movies: “Be specific but not memorable. Be funny but don’t make ’em laugh.”

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2 Guns trailer: oops my partner in crime is a fed… and so am I

Wed, Jul 24, 2013
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Can Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington work together without driving each other crazy, or shooting each other in the head? *cue Odd Couple theme*

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Haywire (review)

Mon, Jan 16, 2012
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There’s a lot of fight in Haywire, but very little punch — it starts to feel very grim and plodding…

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Haywire (trailer)

Wed, Nov 30, 2011
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Fassbender!

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