Tag: dianne wiest
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A Trip Back To: Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Remember when Hollywood gave more of a damn? Enough of a damn to fund a movie like Edward Scissorhands? Mind you, when Tim Burton broke onto the scene with Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, there probably wasn’t an immediate clamoring for more of what he had to offer, seeing as the movie didn’t get great reviews. Or…
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Review: Let Them All Talk
By Christian DiMartino Steven Soderbergh’s Let Them All Talk, released last weekend on HBO Max, is a movie that managed to hold my interest even though nothing was really happening. In this particular case, the film works for two reasons: one, because Soderbergh plants enough engaging plot seeds here to keep us wondering where exactly…
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Great Movies: Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
By Christian DiMartino Say what you will about Woody Allen (and plenty have, and plenty will), but the man is not only a fine actor, but even more so, an excellent writer and director. Sure, if you’ve seen at least 30 of Allen’s films, it is easy to spot similarities between some and others. Yet…
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Great Movies: The Birdcage
By Christian DiMartino Growing up, I watched some… let’s just say, questionable movies. Sure, I had my fair share of movies that one would expect a child to watch. Spider-Man, Batman, Shrek, The Mask, Disney movies, things of nature. Yet for every obvious choice, there were plenty that probably raised eyebrows. Wedding Crashers, A Nightmare on Elm Street, There’s Something About Mary, Scream, yada…
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