You want some Tom Cruise doing his thing where he’s always awesome and works super hard and does lots of stunts inside the confines of a gorgeous and aesthetically appealing…
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Talking Trailers: ‘Elysium’ looks incredible
Held under wraps for all of pre-production through post-production, Neill Blomkamp’s highly anticipated follow-up to his debut surprise hit “District 9” is coming up on us in a matter of…
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Review: ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’
“The Place Beyond The Pines” is the best kind of movie, the kind with a very strong, character-based story that goes to some unexpected places, populated with some great actors,…
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Book-to-film adaptations: 7 – ‘There Will Be Blood’
There Will be Blood (written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, chosen as an Examiner Essential) is an epic film about Daniel Plainview, silver miner turned oil man. The story revolves around Plainview…
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Netflix pick for 4/16/13 – ‘Archie’s Final Project’
“Archie’s Final Project” is an excellent crazy little movie about a very creative but also very depressed high school kid who decides to make his own suicide the subject of…
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#14 – Film Critic Tradecraft
(Right Click Download Link To Save) In episode 14 of Cinema Crespodiso, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn are joined by fellow film critic Aaron Weiss of CinemaFunk.com (@cinemafunk on Twitter)…
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BONUS EPISODE – Florida Film Festival 2013 recap
(Right Click Download Link To Save) In this bonus episode of Cinema Crespodiso, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn sit down with fellow film critic Aaron Weiss of CinemaFunk.com to discuss…
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Florida Film Festival 2013 movie review: ‘Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp’
Robert Beck a.k.a. Iceberg Slim, was a pimp turned bestselling author who used his ignoble lifestyle and career choices to help propel himself out of that same lifestyle, and at…
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Book-to-film adaptations: 6 – ‘The Prestige’
The James Tait Black Memorial Prize winning and World Fantasy Award winning novel “The Prestige” is a fascinating story of a pair of turn-of-the-century magicians who develop an intense personal and professional rivalry, sabotaging each…
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Florida Film Festival 2013 movie review: ‘SOMM’
“SOMM” is a documentary about four young gentlemen all in the midst of attempting to pass the Master Sommelier’s Exam, a test established in the 1960s and which only about 200…
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