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Kenneth Branagh is Magnificent as Shakespeare in All is True
Branagh and Dench are electric on-screen especially in a scene where sonnets are being discussed, and Anne (Judi Dench) remarks that William was always so worried about his reputation. It…
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Ralph Fiennes Resurrects Rudolf Nureyev in Heartfelt Biopic
Directed by Ralph Fiennes, The White Crow is a harshly beautiful tribute to one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time. Inspired by the Julie Cavanugh novel, 'Rudolph Nureyev:…
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Close and Pryce are Masterful in The Wife
Ghostwriting is done all the time. In order to do so, you literally have to have no attachment or ego to the work you are crafting. That task becomes rather…
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Stan and Ollie is Loving Portrait of Comedy’s Most Memorable Duo
Martin and Lewis. Abbott and Costello. Lucy and Desi. Classic comedy duos made us laugh, but it is there tragic demise that we remember just as vividly. Stan Laurel and…
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AFI FILM FEST 2017: Annette Benning is Superb as Gloria Grahame in Film Stars Don’t Die I Liverpool
If you have ever seen It’s A Wonderful Life, then you have seen and are familiar with Gloria Grahame. Grahame was the femme fatale in many a classic Hollywood Film…
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Melissa Leo Giving Nurse Ratched Goodness in Novitiate
Growing up in the midwest, you were either Baptist, Pentecostal or Catholic. I grew up practicing two of the three. As a devout Catholic, we were told to revere and…
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Review: Whiplash
Whiplash can be a feeling in the neck after a car crash. Whiplash can be an emotion swirling about like a storm or Whiplash can simply be the title of…
