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The Devil Inside – Zero Buckets
When I write a review, my policy is to never reveal anything that takes place after the second act – a basic courtesy to ensure that the ending isn’t spoiled for the prospective viewer. (If there is a particularly shocking twist before… [Read more]
Norwegian Wood – 3 Buckets
I have not seen either of filmmaker Anh Hung Tran’s famed works from the 1990s, The Scent of Green Papaya and Cyclo, but based on Norwegian Wood, I need to play catch-up very soon. Adapted from a novel by the legendary… [Read more]
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – 3 1/2 Buckets
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the very British English-language debut by Let the Right One In director Tomas Alfredson, is a paradox of a movie. Based on a weighty mystery novel by John le Carré, it plays like an intricate audience… [Read more]
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Higher Ground – 3 Buckets
For The Daily Trojan: “For a decade, Vera Farmiga has blessed audiences with one impeccably conveyed supporting character after another — the police psychiatrist caught between two sides in The Departed, the non-commital…” [Read more]
The Guard – 2 1/2 Buckets
Brendan Gleeson headlines The Guard as the Irish lawman referenced by the title, who is the kind of racist coot with whom you wouldn’t be caught dead associating in public, but deviously cheer on in the dark of a movie theater… [Read more]
Shark Night 3D – 1 Bucket
Late in the second act of Shark Night 3D, after about half of our college-aged protagonists have been chomped to pieces by their aquatic aggressors, there comes the inevitable mention of Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week”… [Read more]
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Box Office Predictions – Weekend of Jan 27
It’s that time of the week again, and I have box office predictions at the ready for the three films opening in wide release today. This weekend brings Liam Neeson battling wolves, Katherine Heigl bounty hunting, and Sam Worthington threatening to jump off a ledge – yep, it’s still January, all right. Additionally, because the Oscar nominations were released on Tuesday, you can expect some healthy jumps from those films that made the cut. Without further ado… [Read more]
Box Office Predictions – Weekend of Jan 20
Hello, readers – it’s once again time to play the weekly box office predictions game. Apologies for my unannounced absence last Thursday – a run-in with what I can only presume to be some of the worst food-poisoning man has ever experienced left me bedridden for nearly five days. But I’m back, baby, and ready to haphazardly throw around numbers as usual… [Read more]
Box Office Predictions – Weekend of Jan 6
After a four month hiatus, during which time I completed college, I am back at the box office predictions game. Miss me? Like it or not, here is my take on the coming weekend… The big movie opening this weekend is Paramount’s camcorder exorcism horror film, The Devil Inside. The obvious comparison would be Lionsgate’s very similar The Last Exorcism, which did resoundingly well back in August 2010, with $20.4 million opening weekend… [Read more]
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