Daily Archives: December 11, 2013

Movie Review: “Here Comes the Devil,” there go the frights

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“Here Comes the Devil” is a case study in how to make your low-budget horror movie sellable.It barely has a fright in it on its own, this bloody, Mexican-made supernatural thriller set in the hill country near Tijuana.But open it … Continue reading →

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SAG refuses to write off “The Butler” or kill Oprah’s faint Oscar hopes

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“The Butler” scored nominations for best picture (is IS an ensemble piece, and SAG loves to see members working), best actor and best supporting actress from the Screen Actor’s Guild today. “12 Years a Slave,” “Dallas Buyer’s Club,” “American Hustle” … Continue reading →

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Spike Jonze solves loneliness with technology in “Her”

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Spike Jonze is reluctant to call his new film “Her”, a melancholy romance about a man who falls in love with a sentient, learning and loving operating system, “science fiction.” He doesn’t want to talk about technology and the modest … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Thompson and Hanks seem Oscar bound in the sublime “Saving Mr. Banks”

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It’s a Hollywood legend that Walt Disney felt some sort of malevolent glee in killing Bambi’s mom, and what that animated death would do to the children who saw it. But that’s only a legend.P.L. Travers, the woman who wrote … Continue reading →

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