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I’m a big Ray Winstone fan, going back to “Sexy Beast,” on through “The Departed” and “Beowulf,” where he was computer animated into the first great epic in Olde English. That was the last time I talked with him. I’m … Continue reading →

  It has looked as though things were over for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson several times over the years. He’d have a run as action hero, string together some flops, seem on the way to Van Damme Land. You start … Continue reading →

So at 7 tonight, at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in Sanford, the finalists, the best of the best short films at the Love Your Shorts Film Festival, will be screened for festival goers AND a panel of judges. … Continue reading →

I’ve seen the trailer to this, know a bit about the history. And as always, I’m intrigued by the idea of Tommy Lee Jones tackling a larger than life figure from history. I re-watched “Cobb,” the other day. He was … Continue reading →

It really is a transformed movie world, and Tom Cruise is giving in to it. This movie is due out in 2014.

Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie & Co. are out to deal with Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) in late 1940s/early’50s LA in this old school gangland picture. “Gangster Squad” had Oscar buzz up until the day Warners moved it into … Continue reading →

Alas, I didn’t get to this in time to consider it for my ten best list. But if “West of Memphis,” the end of the epic story of documentary filmmakers trying to right a great wrong in an infamous Memphis … Continue reading →