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Reviews & Commentary
*1/2 Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
a disheartening gender unbender.
*** The Newsroom Season 1
...lets liberals sleep at night
***1/2 House of Cards (2013)
Seen the way it wasn't meant to be.
**** Medium Cool (1969) Criterion Blu-ray
...a fascinating cinematic time capsule, perhaps more relevant today than it was back in 1969.
****1/2 Stories We Tell (2012)
An intimate masterpiece from one of our own.
*** Jack Reacher (2012)
Like the box art says... Tom Cruise is Jack Reacher.
Upstream Color (2012)
Shane Carruth's long-awaited followup to his breakout first film Primer.
***** The Central Park Five (2012)
A Travesty of Justice.
*** Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Rom-Com Gold.
***1/2 Django Unchained (2012)
Nobody makes a Tarantino movie better than this guy.
International TV – Part 2: Sweden, Finland and Norway
The second entry in our continuing look at International TV programming.
Roger Ebert (1942 – 2013)
R.I.P. Roger Ebert
** Whoochi (2009)
Too long, too silly.
***1/2 Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
An uncompromising film about the capture and execution of Bin Laden.
**** Misfits (Series 1,2 & 3) 2009-12
Misfits a recent gem of British TV
International TV – Part 1: Denmark
The first in a continuing series about TV programming from around the world.
***1/2 Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror Series 1 (2011) PAL-format DVD
a horrifying vision of a future that's only 10 minutes away
**** Lincoln (2012)
The original Lincoln Lawyer
****1/2 Killing Them Softly (2012)
My favourite film of 2012
**1/2 Rust and Bone (2012)
Great performances, lousy script.
** The Hobbit (2012)
Why books aren't scripts without a rewrite.
Jacques Tati’s Crystal Ball
Except for Parade, both Film Buffs carry Tati's complete catalog. Parade is currently unavailable and unreleased on DVD in North America.
**1/2 Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
....a two-punch review!
*** Argo (2012)
....fuck yourself
***1/2 The Master (2012)
...a confounding sort of film.
***** Holy Motors (2012)
“It's a movie for movie lovers.”
*** Game Change (2012)
Maverick's sidekick goes rogue
Nick’s Best of 2012
Nick's favourite releases of 2012
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