This week’s releases include trouble with time travel, a melodrama whose marketability is being aided by the Chicago teachers’ strike, and animated fart jokes.
Daniel Day Lewis and Phillip Seymour Hoffman are arguably the two best actors in Hollywood right now. We discuss their merits.
Sep21
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This week’s releases include a reboot, a Jennifer Lawrence horror movie that will feel like a few other thrillers, and a hard-to-decipher Clint Eastwood film.
Characteristically Pixar, Wall E lures us in with endearing characters, but traps us in a web of irony and self-reflection.
With convincing performances, pithy punchlines, a clever script and themes that remain relevant today, Frank Capra’s 1934 classic never feels dated.
After years spent scuffling through rom-com cliches and formulaic action films, The Town star continues to revitalize his career.
Keira Knightley’s performance saves David Cronenberg’s otherwise sloppy and disjointed take on Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis.
Exploring the difficulties of maintaining separation between one’s humanity and individual pursuit of greatness.