Before I Go to Sleep movie review: memento worry
When it finally collapses under the weight of its own preposterousness, this would-be elegant thriller becomes a cheap retrograde melodrama.
Colin Firth
Devil’s Knot movie review: well-worn tracks
Atom Egoyan is all over the real-life case of American injustice surrounding the West Memphis Three. But sadly, I’m not sure why.
The Railway Man review: a derailment on the line
Almost entirely ignores the amazing aspect of this true story that makes it worth telling, and even the very good performances point us in another direction than the intended one.
fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Jun 29-Jul 05 2013
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Colin Firth! now with Manic Pixie Dream girlfriend (Arthur Newman trailer)
So glad to see Emily Blunt getting one of those coveted Manic Pixie Dream Girl roles…
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Gambit (review)
I found myself oddly transfixed by how the stale the humor is…
Gambit (trailer)
The Coen Brothers have written a new movie, and it stars Alan Rickman and Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz and Stanley Tucci? *cinemagasm*
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy movie review: let the spy one in
Why does no one ever intone at me and tell me to go to Budapest and wear polyester and smoke cigarettes and get all espionagey, dammit?
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (teaser trailer)
Holy mole-y! It’s a geek girl’s dream cast.
