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Review: ‘Rust and Bone’ breathes and bleeds with realism
Film Comments Jan 16, 2013 6:11pmOne of the better decisions made by the creative coterie behind Rust and Bone was to not make the female lead’s post-accident disability define her. Director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, The Beat That...
Review: Spooker ‘Mama’ weakens del Toro’s brand
Film Comments Jan 16, 2013 4:14pmGuillermo del Toro is more a brand these days than a director. Though he has a sci-fi movie called Pacific Rim in theaters this summer, it will be his first time behind the camera since the ho-hum...
CineList, 1.17.13
Film Comments Jan 16, 2013 4:10pmNEW RELEASEBroken City (R, 109 mins) An ex-cop (Mark Wahlberg) discovers a scandal when he follows the wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) of the New York City mayor (Russell Crowe). Opens wide.The Last...
Review: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ segues from taut thriller to action-film perfection
Film Comments Jan 09, 2013 5:27pmOf all the awards-season releases, Zero Dark Thirty has been the subject of the most controversy. Director Kathryn Bigelow couldn’t have picked a more pressure-filled follow-up to The Hurt Locker....
More award-bait films to be released
Film Comments Jan 09, 2013 4:56pmKnow why there are so many terrible commercial films that come out in January and February? Studios bury their counterprogrammed celluloid Velveeta among the onslaught of festival- and critic-...
Review: ‘Gangster Squad’ just gunfire and bad filmmaking
Film Comments Jan 09, 2013 4:44pmWith so much star power involved, it’s surprising Gangster Squad is being released during the post-awards-season doldrums, the annual dumping ground for movies in which studios have lost confidence....
CineList, 1.10.13
Film Comments Jan 09, 2013 3:44pmNEW RELEASEGangster Squad (R, 113 mins) See review, this issue.A Haunted House (R, 86 mins) A couple (Marlon Wayans and Essence Atkins) face demons and possession when they move into their dream home...
Review: Realism enhances true-story tsunami flick ‘The Impossible’
Film Comments Jan 02, 2013 6:25pmMaking a film about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamis offers several challenges. Epic with ensemble cast, or verité feel with narrow focus? Computer-generated tidal wall or ingenious blend of cinematic...
Review: Frack to the future with ‘Promised Land’
Film Comments Jan 02, 2013 6:16pmIt’s too easy to frame a corporate takeover of a town as bad guys vs. good guys nowadays, and Erin Brockovich pretty much shut the door on underdogs triumphing against environment-polluting corporate...
Review: The presidential merits of ‘Hyde Park on the Hudson’
Film Comments Jan 02, 2013 6:10pmThe Sessions wasn’t the only film released this awards season that deals with the sexual activities of a person with polio, but it handled the sex a lot more sympathetically than Hyde Park on the...
