The first five minutes of Lone Survivor feels like an advertisement for the Navy. The film opens with the training of Navy SEALS. With each one that rings the bell three times and quits, another perseveres and harnesses their freezing, shaking, breaking down bodies into an unconscious aggression. Peter Berg brings his familiar Friday Night Lights style […]

 

 

Mama has moments the resemble a fine fairy tale straight from Grimm.

 

 

We are a little less than two weeks from the Oscars, and some of the biggest races are being run between two (maybe three) strong candidates. So, who you got for Best Actress? Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Lining’s Playbook Odds on: At twenty two, Lawrence has already garnered two Oscar nominations, with the first one coming for […]

 

 

A little haiku for movie-loving public and some of it rhymes.

 

 

It’s Oscar season! Let the conjecturing begin!

 

 

How prophetic are the DGA announcements this year?

 

 

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Take 5 — At Year’s End 2012

Five writers. Five looks at the five best films. Five number ones. Boy, are we inconsistent.

 

 

Kathryn Bigelow chronicles the decade-long manhunt for America’s Most Wanted.