Tag: Ellen Burstyn
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The Exorcist Believer (***) has no raincoat
Director David Gordon GreenWriters David Gordon Green, Peter SattlerStarring Leslie Odom, Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum, Ellen Burstyn The thought of the guy who made the visually spectacular but completely underwritten Halloween trilogy of films taking on a new trio of another classic with a spotted sequel history…
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Adams and Jefferson on Movies: The Exorcist and its true sequel, Legion (Part 2 – Extended Editions)
CoolPapaE: First off, watching both stories at least twice in the space of a week, I can almost smell cigarette smoke wafting everywhere in my imagination. I know it was a different time, from 1990 and back, but seeing the different situations where cigarettes are presented became nauseating. Everyone had to just smell horrible.…
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Adams and Jefferson on Movies: The Exorcist and its true sequel, Legion (Part 1 – Theatrical Versions)
CoolPapaE: In all honesty, I have had a lopsided feeling about the theatrical releases of these films for a long time. Watching them with you today helped right the ship a little bit. For the longest time, the movie in my wheelhouse had been the awkward but well acted Exorcist III. The reasons included the…
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The Age of Adaline (***) Does the job on a Sunday afternoon
The Age of Adaline – 2015 Director Lee Toland Krieger Screenplay J. Mills Goodloe, Salvador Paskowitz Starring Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn In the grand scheme of things, I will not remember this movie in 5 years. It’s not because it’s a bad film, though. Romantic films aren’t my thing, really. It may last longer in my…
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Interstellar (****) is cautiously ambitious, and laden with love
Interstellar – 2014 Director Christopher Nolan Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Caine, Josh Stewart, Wes Bentley, David Gyasi Written Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan There are lots of interesting ideas presented with Interstellar. Of all things, the film starts with a future that echoes our perilous past. Crops are set afire, the air filled with swirling…
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