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Christian’s Christmas: Love Actually (2003)
By Christian DiMartino Can we talk about how great Love Actually is? There are two kinds of people in this world: those who love Love Actually, and liars. No disrespect to anyone who doesn’t like Love Actually (believe it or not, these people exist), but it is a feeling that will never be mutual. Love […]
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A Trip Back To: Children of Men (2006)
By Christian DiMartino Children of Men is one of Alfonso Cuaron’s greatest achievements. Note the term “one.” Some may tell you it is his greatest achievement, I remain on the fence, because here is a filmmaker whose best work (this one, Gravity, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) is so singular and […]
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Review: Doctor Strange
1/2 By Christian DiMartino Gather up your friends and your doobies: there’s a new doctor in town. That’s Doctor Strange, the hero of Marvel’s newest outing, Doctor Strange, and man, what a glorious entry. We’ve seen so many of these superhero origin stories that a new idea would seem hard to come by. And in some […]
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Review: Secret in Their Eyes
By Christian DiMartino I have never seen the Oscar winning The Secret in Their Eyes, but maybe if I had, I might’ve hated Billy Ray’s Secret in Their Eyes, like all of the other critics. But because I went into this new one blind, I liked it. I’d really wanted to Ray is a good filmmaker. Breach and Shattered […]
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Great Movies: 12 Years a Slave
By Christian DiMartino It feels like every year with the Oscars, they just never listen to me. However, the past two Best Picture winners (Birdman and 12 Years a Slave), were my preferences. Maybe they are finally getting their act together. I hailed Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave as the best film of 2013 two years ago, and […]
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