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VANISHING (1988) like ZODIAC, about obsession and the need to know. Memorable, with a creepy finish. (B+)
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CRACKS (2009) the most nettlesome cliche is a British cliche, except maybe the psycho-lesbian. This British movie has 2 psycho-lesbians (C)
8:46 AM Apr 27th
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LIMITLESS (2011) cocaine makes us better people! Or DOES it? (C+)
8:20 AM Apr 27th
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GREEN ZONE (2010) exciting but awkward shoehorning of history into drama; vivid sense of war zone chaos, though. (B)
12:17 PM Apr 11th
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TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (2011) Alfredson's trademark melancholy a perfect fit for Le Carre's hardbitten, geopolitical cynicism (B+)
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WEEKEND (2011) shaggy, raw and tender romance that unravels the modern gay experience (B+)
1:47 PM Feb 13th
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PROJECT NIM (2011) animal rights study; too much story, too little insight, overshadowed by the same year's RISE OF PLANET OF THE APES. (B)
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THE ROAD (2009) amplifies C. McCarthy's weaknesses while diminishing his strengths. Sappy and pretty when it should be brutal and cold. (C-)
9:44 AM Sep 14th, 2011
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BLUEBEARD (2009) cutesily framed, unsparingly retold fable & class parable: the poor will get their revenge! Understated & anti-Catholic (B)
11:57 AM Aug 31st, 2011
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RED WHITE AND BLUE (2010) "I Spit on Your Grave" variation, with much knottier morality thanks to its bonkers twists (B-)
10:56 AM Jul 25th, 2011
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BROTHERHOOD (2010) tight, panicked thriller-turned-black comedy about male chauvinism. Character defined through nonstop action (B)
10:11 AM Jul 25th, 2011
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MY SOUL TO TAKE (2010) Craven should release such classical, solidly built, unselfconscious (non-meta!) supernatural slashers more often (B)
1:28 PM Jul 22nd, 2011
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS (1977) DeMillean epic secularized for 20th century, with religion supplanted by sci-fi & Dreyfuss as modern day Moses (B-)
12:16 PM Jul 22nd, 2011
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ILLUSIONIST (2010) touching Tati tribute about a dying art; exquisitely (and poignantly!) animated. (B)
12:51 PM Jul 21st, 2011
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THING (1982) or, "The Monsters are Due on Base 51". Scathingly anti-McCarthy, decades too late. (B-)
12:30 PM Jul 5th, 2011
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THEY LIVE (1988) about Reagan-era materialism and the greed of globalism. Blatant but welcome; weirdly brilliant. (B)
10:17 AM Jul 5th, 2011
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ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) ultimate berserkoid fantasy of the future of American cities from Ford-era vantage point. Cynical and campy. (C)
8:26 AM Jun 24th, 2011
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STRANGER (1946) efficiently told, intensely scored paranoid, post-war democracy propaganda: uberNazis in CT! Welles' Shadow of a Doubt. (B)
8:08 AM Jun 24th, 2011
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BLAST OF SILENCE (1961) nice NYC locations, but hard-boiled narration belongs on page. Flashes of JP Melville-ish artistry at its best. (C+)
7:54 AM Jun 14th, 2011
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ANGEL HEART (1987) WWII as US loss of innocence; afterwards, schizo! Violent! One of the last great neonoirs with its New Orleans voodoo (A)
7:17 AM Jun 14th, 2011
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- Name Henry Stewart
- Location Brooklyn
- Web http://cinepinion...
- Bio When not reviewing movies for The L Magazine, I'm watching them at home and keeping track here.
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