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Review: Empire of Light
By Christian DiMartino Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light is a curious experience. The movie begins well, features splendid performances, is beautifully filmed by Roger Deakins, is immaculately scored by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Everything appears to be in its right place, but ultimately it doesn’t hang together as a movie. It’s like looking at…
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THE Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love (1998)
By Christian DiMartino This is, admitted, a very delayed segment of “The Best Picture.” I missed my deadline this weekend, and oops. So you’ll get the next two the next two days. There had to have been quite the critical backing for John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love. If you look at the original reviews, yeah,…
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Christian’s Christmas: A Christmas Carol (2009)
By Christian DiMartino Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol is a tale so timeless, I wouldn’t even try to begin to guess how many adaptations there have been. Little Women has been made four times. A Star is Born has been made four times. A Christmas Carol has probably been made, hmm, 400, but there is…
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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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