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Film review – Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Plausibility is the greatest enemy of the action film. Action films either desperately try to create a sense of logic behind each action sequence (usually resulting in further generating ridiculously...
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Book review – The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community,...
Larry Ceplair and Steven Englund. The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-60. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2003 The Inquisition in Hollywood probably belongs on...
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Film review – Hollywoodland (2006)
Hollywoodland is a terrific based-on-true-events drama about the violent death of George Reeves, the actor who played Superman in the 50s television serial. Due to studio pressure, the police...
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Film review – INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Laura Dern (Blue Velvet, Jurassic Park) plays an actress making a comeback in Hollywood by appearing in a cursed film. Her identity begins to blur with her onscreen persona and that of a poor housewife...
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Lights, Camera, Action
Sex in cinema should no longer be controversial. But after all those years, and all those clinches, it seems moral guardians are still getting hot under their starched collars. Blue Valentine Last...
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