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Watch Leo DiCaprio in the First Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar”
Dw. Dunphy: So, did Leo go the Robert DeNiro route or the Eddie Murphy route (Twinkies v prosthetics)? Kelly Stitzel: I’m not much of a DiCaprio fan and I haven’t really been into the
Read More »No Concessions: “Inception,” Conception, and Other Mysteries of Life
There’s an upside and a downside to writing about a movie like Inception after it’s been in release for several weeks. The advantage, for me, is that you may very well have seen it,
Read More »CD Review: “Inception: Music from the Motion Picture”
Warner Bros. Records sent me Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack to this week’s much-anticipated blockbuster Inception. Cards on the table: While I certainly respect writer-director Christopher Nolan, I wasn’t crazy about The Dark Knight, and his
Read More »No Concessions: Scorsese, Polanski Still Crazy After All These Years
“Film culture today,” I muttered, as I waded through (and into) an unusually bothersome post on the usually half-annoying (but compulsively readable) Hollywood Elsewhere site. Look: It’s OK not to get, or to enjoy,
Read More »DVD Review: “Body of Lies”
Body of Lies (2008, Warner Bros.) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Ridley Scott directing Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe in a big-budget action epic — it’s gotta be a surefire box-office phenomenon, right? Nine times
Read More »No Concessions: Darkness and Light (“Body of Lies” and “Happy-Go-Lucky”)
Body of Lies didn’t have to do much to impress me. It’s the first movie I’ve seen since becoming a dad, and the switch from explosive poops to plain old explosions was a comfort.
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