Category: Mystery / Thriller
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Matt Damon’s The Green Zone plays like a hippie dream
The Green Zone Directed by Paul Greengrass Written by Brian Helgeland Starring Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Khalid Abdalla Jason Isaacs was in a movie earlier in the decade called Black Hawk Down. This movie, even with its dramatic flourishes and cliches, Ridley Scott got this right; the military always…
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Scorcese has an off night with Shutter Island
Shutter Island Director – Martin Scorcese Starring – Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Williams There is a scene almost 3/4 through Shutter Island where a bunch of Nazis who are being walked in a line by U.S. infantry and one of the prisoners breaks ranks and makes a run for it.…
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Sherlock Holmes: No S#!t, But Close
Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong Guy Ritchie’s specialty is slow motion fight scenes. Sherlock Holmes’ specialty is deductive reasoning. Downey’s specialty is acting. Put them all together, you have Sherlock Holmes as a professional boxer who solves mysteries while acting convincingly. I must admit to being less…
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A Pretty Good, if not A Perfect Getaway
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez, Steve Zahn, Milla Jovovich Director: David Twohy In the age of HD, a movie like A Perfect Getaway will get me to rent a little sooner than several other movies of equal star power strictly for the promise of good use of imagery. Beyond that, I have been a big…
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