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Transsiberian

Transsiberian

Woody Harrelson, doing his best “aw-shucks” American persona, and Emily Mortimer (flawlessly hiding her British accent) play Roy and Jessie, a married American couple returning home from a save-the-children...

Linda
Stoker

Stoker

Somehow an “elegant thriller” titled Stoker about a young woman whose estranged uncle surfaces after the death of her father conjures up spooky, noirish notions of vampires and writerly...

Jennifer
State of Play (2003)

State of Play (2003)

When I see TV mini-series like BBC’s excellent State of Play, I’m reminded of how the TV medium can be as powerful as the big screen, if just given...

Linda
To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

I don’t think any amount of praise can really do To Kill A Mockingbird justice. To begin with, there is Harper Lee’s book, which is arguably one of the...

Jennifer
Page Eight

Page Eight

There is a scene in Page Eight that is a stellar as any you’ll see all year in any film. The fact that it takes place in a board...

Linda
The Paperboy (2012)

The Paperboy (2012)

With a handful of big Hollywood names chewing scenery for 107 minutes in a movie rife with sex, scandal, and violence, you’d think you’d be in for a pretty...

Jennifer
The Village

The Village

M. Night Shyamalan’s film, The Village, is creepy as hell. It is also a great showcase for audience rudeness, as the bunch I was unfortunate enough to be in...

Linda
Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

The only thing I remember about the first time that I saw Blue Velvet many many years ago was the now iconic moment where kinky sadist Dennis Hopper inhales...

Linda
Night Of Dark Shadows (1971)

Night Of Dark Shadows (1971)

It’s a confusing thing to move to an old family mansion with your new wife, only to discover that you’re the reincarnated version of one of your ancestors. It’s...

Jennifer
The Devil's Advocate (1997)

The Devil’s Advocate (1997)

When The Devil’s Advocate first came to video in the late nineties, my co-workers at a tiny independent video store literally fought over who got to keep the screener....

Jennifer
Red Lights

Red Lights

Here you have a respectable cast, including big shots like Robert DeNiro, Sigourney Weaver, and Cillian Murphy, and an intriguing premise about scientists trying to prove (or most likely...

Linda
Blood Work (2002)

Blood Work (2002)

Clint Eastwood has a broken heart. Actually quite literally… his heart is giving out, which makes it hard to chase the bad guys through city streets. Even though Clint...

Linda