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Journalistic Skepticism
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This site is for film commentary, including reviews, awards predictions throughout the year, and retrospectives on films of the past.
Recent Posts
oscar rehash: best actress 2005
Judi Dench as Mrs. Laura Henderson in Mrs. Henderson PresentsDench plays a recent widow who's looking for a steady paycheck and finds it in the form of a nude burlesque house in Mrs. Henderson Presents. Sort of unconventional as Dench roles go, but ...
then and now: CAST of CLUE (1985)
In this entry of "Then and Now," we're taking a look at the cast of the 1985 movie Clue, which included a handful of brilliant comic actors playing the roles of the suspects in the classic murder mystery board game of the same name. If you haven't s...
best films: #68: I AM SAM (2001)
First thing's first - I'm a sucker for a heartwarmer. Well, not every cheesy, "against-the-odds" after-school special, but there's definitely something about I am Sam. It boasts a cast of several people I wholly admire in film -- Sean Penn, Michell...
merylfest: PLENTY (1985)
Following the story of Susan Traherne (Streep), from the play by David Hare, Plenty tells the tale of a woman, formerly a courier for the French during World War II, who deals with her post-war life. It's a sort of convoluted film that very clearly ...
nine soundtrack taking shape...
Well folks, following a Penelope Cruz appearance on Leno last week, it looks like some further items of interest have been uncovered in the quest to get more information on the movie musical version of Nine, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillar...
best films: #69: MARVIN\'S ROOM (1996)
Yes, it's probably a standard, run-of-the-mill family "dramedy" (sheesh, using that word still upsets me), yes, I've covered by undying love for this movie earlier, and yes, it probably doesn't have near the following I think it does, but listen folk...
