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The Two Faces of January movie review: without a Hitch

Fri, May 16, 2014
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There’s delicious movie-movie elegance in the exotic locales and the period dress, but not much tension to be found in the murderous misadventures on offer.

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47 Ronin review: they’re not having much fun storming the castle

Tue, Apr 01, 2014
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A handsome movie in many ways, but it feels like an unpolished first draft, one that can’t quite decide how fantastical it wants to be.

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The Two Faces of January trailer: so I can finish falling in love with Oscar Isaac

Wed, Mar 12, 2014
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Ooo. Sleek 60s style, intrigue in foreign lands, maybe some illicit romance? I’m in.

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Snow White and the Huntsman (review)

Tue, May 29, 2012
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Would really really like for you to feel the grand, sweeping, larger-than-life mythos, and borrows willy-nilly from Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro to try to do so.

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Drive (great movie quote)

Mon, Sep 19, 2011
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“My hands are a little dirty.” –the Driver (Ryan Gosling) “So are mine.” –Bernie the unlikely gangster (Albert Brooks)

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Drive (review)

Mon, Sep 19, 2011
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Remember Drive Angry? (I hope you don’t.) This is not that movie. This is Drive Calm. This is Drive Cool.

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