The Lodger (1927 Film)
"In spite of his inexperience, Hitchcock demonstrates a flair for building tension and creating an evocative atmosphere. This early silent establishes some of the idiosyncracies he later became famous for, notably his cameo appearances and his fixation on blonde actresses."—Virginie Selavy, Electric Sheep Magazinehttp://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/reviews/2008/03/01/the-lodger-a-story-of-the-london-fog/
"Hitchcock uses a few stylish gimmicks, such as a see-through glass ceiling and superimposed flashbacks over a footprint, but it's clear that he was still learning; the story vaguely resembles his beloved "wrong man" formula, but not yet refined."—Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloidhttp://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/classic/lodger27.shtml
updated 2010-07-18 00:07:51
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Faster Movie
- "By the end of this underwritten wanna-B movie, only the black-and-white muscle car is left standing with its dignity intact."—Dan Kois of The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/faster,1097056/critic-review.html
- "The Killer subplot looks and feels like it was grafted on with Krazy Glue. Thornton’s character never adds up. And the film’s big whiplash surprise ending is a real you’ve-got-to-be-kidding groaner."—Stephen Cole of The Globe and Mailhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/faster-revved-up-genre-vehicle-roars-off-the-road/article1810524/
- "If it all sounds a bit thin, that's because it is. Therein lies the charm for viewers who don't mind the occasional slice of pulp filmmaking."—Gary Dowell of The Dallas Morning Newshttp://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/movies/reviews/stories/112310dngdfaster.1fd4bf2.html
- "Yet sometimes all you really want is a cheese sandwich. Sometimes it’s fun to be 12, for a while. And, as big dumb action movies go, “Faster” is big dumb fun for a while — a nicely photographed, quickly edited and calmly underplayed flick that, taking the advice of its title, does what it needs to do quickly."—Stephen Whitty of The Star-Ledgerhttp://www.nj.com/entertainment/movies/index.ssf/2010/11/faster_review_gracefully_directed_this_action_film_thats_just_plain_fun.html
updated 2010-11-26 23:11:14
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All Good Things Reviews
Some movie critics who offered generally favorable reviews of the film, including Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter, noted the strength of the film's acting performances. Linden says that Gosling, Dunst and Langella all deliver "riveting performances." Linden adds that "despite some choppy transitions and a few melodramatic moments that don't work," All Good Things "casts and effective, deepening chill."http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/film-review-good-sharp-unsettling-49621 Peter Travers of Rolling Stone calls the movie a "speculative, spellbinding true-crime story." Travers also praises the acting in the film, saying that Gosling "gets so deep into character you can feel his nerve endings."http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/45905/239157
Film critics who gave All Good Things less favorable reviews seemed to zero in on the movie's plot as a problem. Ian Buckwalter of NPR says of All Good Things: "There's plenty of information on what (might have) happened, but not much thought given to why."http://www.npr.org/2010/12/02/131674635/in-all-good-things-many-a-dark-development Critic Nick Pinkerton of the Village Voice says that while the "case-history script is ever on-message," director Jarecki "ignores the little details that create a credible social reality."http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-12-01/film/all-good-things-true-crime-minus-the-truth/
updated 2010-12-04 18:51:57
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Robert Towne
Towne received his first Academy Award nomination for adapting The Last Detail (1973). The film starred Jack Nicholson, who also starred in Chinatown (1974), for which Towne won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Towne would receive an Oscar nomination for the third consecutive year for writing the Warren Beatty film Shampoo (1975). His most recent nomination was for Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), though because of a troubled relationship with the studio, Towne credited the film to P.H. Vazak, his dog.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1D7103AF934A15752C1A96E948260&pagewanted=1 Other notable films Towne has written include Tequila Sunrise (1988), The Firm (1993), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Mission: Impossible II (2000).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001801/
Towne's directorial debut was 1982's Personal Best. Towne battled with the studio during production of the film, and at the same was going through a divorce, an experience he credits with helping him write the drug-dealing protagonist in Tequila Sunrise, his second film as a director.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1D7103AF934A15752C1A96E948260&pagewanted=1 He would also direct his own screenplays for Without Limits (1998) and Ask the Dust (2006). He is currently working on a World War II film with David Fincher.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fEdJJ8HA80&feature=player_embeddedhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393017/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393017/
updated 2010-10-19 19:04:44
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Frailty (2001 Film)
"Frailty's subject matter is neither frightening nor shockingly controversial enough to elicit much of a response from audiences...After years of working with directors who have remarkable and unique directorial styles (including Sam Raimi, Carl Franklin and James Cameron), he clearly has a sense of visual storytelling. Next time, all he needs to do is figure out what story he's trying to tell."—Todd Gilchrist, Film Stew
"A resoundingly old-fashioned and well crafted study of evil infecting an American family, Frailty moves from strength to strength on its deceptive narrative course."—Robert Koehler, Variety
updated 2010-07-17 05:36:24
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Takers Trailer
Zoe Saldana, Hayden Christensen, Paul Walker, Matt Dillon, Idris Elba, Johnathon Scheach, Chris Brown and Rap Superstar, T.I.
updated 2010-07-17 23:25:32
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Ben Hecht
Pity - that most vile of virtues - has never been known to you.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026970/quotes?qt0214466
If he loved you with all the power of his soul for a whole lifetime, he couldn't love you as much as I do in a single day.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032145/quotes?qt0289753
There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038787/quotes?qt0324374
updated 2010-10-12 23:38:08
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Fast Five Trailer
The roughly two-minute teaser trailer for Fast Five opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Several masked men are shown breaking into a warehouse, compiling large bundles of money. When a worker asks them, "Are you crazy? Do you know whose money you are stealing?" A masked man responds, "We ain't stealing it" - as the money catches fire and begins to burn.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSDNZeRX_1Y
As the trailer continues, viewers are introduced to federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson). Hobbs is briefing his team, explaining that "the men we are after are professional runners" and noting that "above all else, we don't ever...let them get into cars."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSDNZeRX_1Y
In the next scene, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) are shown getting into a fast car, with Toretto saying, "Home sweet home." Additional clips show a variety of car chases, crashes and explosions. Toretto is also shown telling his team, "We do one last job, and then we disappear forever."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSDNZeRX_1Y
updated 2011-02-01 02:04:23
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The Next Three Days
- "There could have been ample room for satire here, but writer-director Paul Haggis (Crash) wouldn't know a cinematic sense of humor if it rammed his car on the freeway."—Luke Y. Thompson of E! Onlinehttp://www.eonline.com/uberblog/movie_reviews/b212253_movie_review_next_three_days_heist.html
- "An odd case—a movie made with perhaps too much integrity and honesty...The movie is a caper without playfulness or wit—it’s accomplished but not much fun."—David Denby of The New Yorkerhttp://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/the_next_three_days_haggis
- "I didn’t buy how “The Next Three Days” plays out — but I almost bought it, and that’s good enough for a thriller."—Kyle Smith of The New York Posthttp://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/crowe_magnum_x64pO11hJmZurKlZt8oOkN
- "Clever and thrilling at every turn, The Next Three Days takes the heist genre places it’s never gone before, and in the process stakes a claim as one of the best movies of the year."—Josh Tyler of Cinema Blendhttp://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/The-Next-Three-Days-4951.html
