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Battle of the Sexes
I think with almost any movie, it should be the intent to garner empathy for the protagonist from the audience. Whether your protagonist is a good or bad person, a hero or villain, viewers connect to...
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Too Funny to Fail
Imagine you’re a television executive and someone pitches you a show: it will be headlined by one of the biggest “Saturday Night Live” stars, Dana Carvey. At the time, he is fresh off co-starring in...
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Last Flag Flying
“Last Flag Flying” is pretty much writer/director Richard Linklater’s attempt to do his version of “The Last Detail,” the seminal 1973 film that helped launch Jack Nicholson’s career about a pair of...
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Last Flag Flying
Despite boasting some big names, “Last Flag Flying” hasn’t made any kind of impact during the awards cycle, and quickly disappeared from theaters after a holiday release. That’s a pity. It may not be...
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Beautiful Boy
It’s a well-acted, well-intentioned drama about drug addiction and the horrid toll it takes on a family. The film is based on a true story, and interestingly the father and son each wrote memoirs...
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Vice
“Vice” comes not to illuminate, but to eviscerate. Unlike other portraits of powerful men in the White House (“Nixon,” “W.”), there is no attempt to show nuance or pursue inquiry. The reason this film...
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Welcome to Marwen
“Welcome to Marwen” is a strange and wonderful cinematic experience. It just may not be for you. Its combination of whimsy, tragedy and disturbing behavior isn’t going to be everyone’s bag. I’m...
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Christopher Lloyd of The Film Yap interviews Steve Carell and Robert Zemeckis about their new feature film, “Welcome to Marwen.” It’s based on the true story of a man who suffered severe trauma and...
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Welcome to Marwen
Every now and then, audiences and critics just plain get one wrong. “Welcome to Marwen” was a complete box office bomb, grossing $10 million against a $39 budget. It currently has an abysmal 33...
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Irresistible
I always thought Jon Stewart was overrated as a TV fake news host, but he’s turning out to be a pretty decent filmmaker. His fine directorial effort, “Rosewater,” had an international backdrop and...
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