Tag: films
member name: Alan Waldman
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September 12, 2006 11:58 AM EDT --
According to the nearly 200 critics sampled at rottentomatoes.com, the following are the best movies now in theatres (rated by the percentage of critics who recommend them): Little Miss Sunshine (93% approval; . . .
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August 28, 2006 11:58 AM EDT --
My wife and I just enjoyed the historic thriller THE ILLUSIONIST, starring a mysterious Edward Furlong, an evil Rufus Sewell (longtime Brit heart-throb) and a dangerous Paul Giamatti. The plot is compelling, . . .
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October 19, 2006 01:12 PM EDT --
Yesterday I watched INFERNAL AFFAIRS, the source of Martin Scorsese's exciting crime thriller THE DEPARTED and was struck by the fascinating similarities and differences between the two movies. I recommend . . .
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October 23, 2006 12:54 PM EDT --
My favorite actress, mega-talented Helen Mirren (who once kissed me on the cheek when I called her the "greatest actress on the planet "and declared "I love everything you have done") . . .
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November 09, 2006 10:36 AM EST --
Rottentomatoes.com rates movies 0-100 based on the percentage of about 150 critics who liked them. Today, the highest rated new, current and soon-to-arrive movies are: The Queen (98%), Borat (94%), . . .
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November 27, 2006 11:51 AM EST --
I really enjoyed Tony Scott's new techno-thriller, DEJA VU, starring Denzel Washington. I don't want to give anything away (and I believe the LESS you read about it the better, except, of course . . .
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August 22, 2009 01:15 PM EDT --
Although it is too violent and gory for many sensitive souls, I found THE INGLORIOUS BASTERDS to be an oustanding film. Very suspenseful and dramatic, with a strong European cast and a fine screenplay. . . .
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November 22, 2006 10:08 AM EST --
Rottentomatoes.com, which turns the reviews of 100-plus major and minor critics into a score (from 0 when everyone hated a pic to 100, when everyone loved it). I had been looking forward to several films . . .
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March 19, 2007 07:27 PM EDT --
I highly recommend Mira Nair's beautiful new film, The Namesake, which is about the ways an East Indian family adapts to life in Greater New York. Insightful, funny, touching, beautifully realized, . . .
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April 17, 2006 11:36 AM EDT --
I have interviewed hundreds of writers, but the one below with Paul Mayersberg is my favorite. It is best enjoyed and understood after you have just watched the DVD of Croupier. Here, Mayersberg frankly . . .
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July 15, 2009 09:11 AM EDT --
Although in recent years most critics hate Woody Allen's movies (probably because they disapprove of his marriage and his fascination with the older man-much younger woman theme), we really enjoyed his . . .
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February 02, 2006 01:10 PM EST --
There were more good movies out in 2004 than in most recent years, including lots of fine documentaries, the usual segment of excellent independent pics and much fine foreign fare. As usual, TV (British . . .
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August 21, 2007 10:37 AM EDT --
I have loved four films this year so far: Sicko, The Lives of Others, The Namesake and Waitress. And I have detested two: Hot Fuzz and now The Bourne Ultimatum.
The Bourne Ultimatum must be for youngsters . . .
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January 02, 2009 07:23 PM EST --
THE 25 BEST FILMS ALAN WALDMAN SAW IN 2008
Although there were plenty of crappy movies around in 2008, this was
a better season than its predecessor (as . . .
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August 17, 2009 12:55 PM EDT --
It is sad that many excellent movies never find distributors and get to theatres, but go straight to DVD. Two very fine ones that met that fate are GOSPEL HILL and BEAUTIFUL OHIO. Gospel Hill is on cable . . .
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May 26, 2006 02:31 PM EDT --
I really loved these docs and recommend them enthusiastically to you.
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
March of the Penguins
Born into Brothels
Winged Migration
The Corporation
Fahrenheit 9-11 . . .
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August 01, 2006 06:45 PM EDT --
The original, with photos, is at www.films42.com
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In a life riddled with horrors and scandals, international filmmaker and screenwriter Roman . . .
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August 03, 2006 12:27 PM EDT --
This article of mine ran at www.films42.com in 2005, shortly after Miller's death:
Widely beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and human rights activist Arthur Miller died of heart failure at . . .
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June 06, 2007 09:56 AM EDT --
Although my wife and I loved the current movies THE NAMESAKE and Oscar winner THE LIVES OF OTHERS, we just saw a new movie we like even more: Waitress. Written, directed, co-starring and with a fun main . . .
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April 06, 2006 03:39 AM EDT --
I just saw and really enjoyed the Netflix DVD of the thriller DERAILED, starring Clive Owen, Jennifer Anniston and French megastar Vincent Cassel as a really creepy villain. Only 22% of US critics liked . . .
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