Dramas
Being Flynn
Based on a true story: During his twenties, a young man works at various homeless shelters in Boston where he often intersects with his brilliant but troubled father.
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November 17, 2011CommentAnother Happy Day
A family weekend is fraught with emotional landmines for sensitive Lynn as she arrives at her parents’ Annapolis estate for the marriage of her estranged eldest son Dylan, accompan…
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November 16, 2011Tyrannosaur
Joseph is a widower with a drinking problem, crippled by his own anger. Hannah is a Christian worker at a charity shop who seems wholesome and happy but is hiding secrets. When cir…
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November 15, 2011The Iron Lady
Oscar buzz: Maryl Streep is Margaret Thatcher. The story of a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. A story of power and…
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November 15, 2011Snowtown Murders
When Jamie is introduced to a charismatic man a friendship begins; as the relationship grows so do Jamie’s suspicions. Ultimately he finds his world threatened by both his loyalty …
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November 14, 2011The Hunger Games
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part entertai…
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November 14, 2011Melancholia Review
Lars Von Trier’s apocalyptic sci-fi drama starring Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg makes for one of the most fascinating movie experiences of the year.
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November 11, 2011Safe House
Looks like Denzel likes being a bad guy. When a CIA-operated safe house is targeted by the enemy, the facility’s manager is tasked with the dangerous job of moving the criminal who…
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November 10, 2011The Divide
Nine strangers – all tenants of a high rise – escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building’s basement. Trapped with no hope for rescue the group begins to descend into mad…
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November 8, 2011Resistance
In 1944 a group of women in an isolated Welsh village wake up to discover all of the their husbands have mysteriously vanished.
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November 6, 2011What Movie Should I Watch This Weekend?
The holiday movie season (more or less) officially begins with A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, Tower Heist, Killing Bono and The Son of No One.
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November 4, 2011Killing Bono
Based on a true story: Two brothers want to become rock stars but can only look on as old school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
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November 1, 2011In The Land Of Blood And Honey
Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut centers around a young Serbian man and a Bosnian-Muslim woman who fall in love before the Bosnian War of 1992 pulls them apart.
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October 29, 2011The Rum Diary Review
The adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s early novel is a likable and spirited pre-gonzo romp but ultimately too watered-down to truly “take the bastards down.”
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October 28, 2011