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8MM

Movie Infos Title: 8mm Year: 1999 Director: Joel Schumacher Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker Time: 123 min. Genre: Mystery / Thriller  Tom Welles is an ordinary guy. He’s got a wife he loves (Catherine Keener) and…

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Requiem for a Dream

“Requiem for a Dream”… What an inappropriately drowsy title for such an explosive film. It makes it sound like some black & white melodrama about queer French poets or something. “Last Exit to Brooklyn”, the…

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Mars Attacks !

Jack Nicholson stars as the President of the United States, who has trouble deciding what to do when the Hubble telescope detects a fleet of flying saucers from Mars heading for Earth. His press secretary…

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THE HOURS

Movie Infos Title: The Hours Year: 2002 Director: Stephen Daldry New York, 2001. 50 year old lesbian editor Clarissa Vaughan is preparing a reception for her ex-lover Richard, a respected but unsuccessful poet who’s dying…

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Marion Bridge

“I thought you quit smoking.” “I quit a lot.” So says Agnes (Molly Parker) to her older sister Theresa (Rebecca Jenkins). Agnes is a chain-smoker, an alcoholic, a junkie, an all-around bad girl. Worse, she…

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Peaceful Warrior

Here’s a query that’s often being discussed amongst my circle of movie buff friends: can we hold a filmmaker’s personal life against him when it comes to reviewing his work? Charlie Chaplin is reported to…

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Eyes Wide Shut

There’s no doubt that the late Stanley Kubrick was one of the most brilliant filmmakers of the century. Even when you’re put off by how cold and deliberate his films can be, you still can’t…

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