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Tag Archives: Daniel Day-Lewis
The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog isn’t for everyone. It certainly isn’t for children, the squeamish, or those bothered by a constant state of dread and anticipation. For the rest, it’s a dark revisionist Western that doesn’t go where you think … Continue reading
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Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Bright Star, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Plainview, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Days of Heaven, Forrest Gump, Holly Hunter, Jane Campion, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Phantom Thread, The Master, The Piano, The Power of the Dog, The Road, The Tree of Life, There Will be Blood, X-Men: Apocalypse
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Phantom Thread
Phantom Thread is exquisite. That’s neither a compliment nor a criticism, but just a description. It follows the story of a 1950’s London fashion designer described early on in the film as “too fussy.” That’s one way of describing him. … Continue reading
Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films
Tagged Allison Janney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York, Inherent VIce, J. Alfred Prufrock, Judith Anderson, Laurie Metcalf, Lesley Manville, Mrs. Danvers, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, Pretty Woman, Radiohead, Rebecca, Reynolds Woodcock, The Master, There Will be Blood, Vicky Krieps
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Still Alice
Still Alice is practically an afterthought at this point, and will likely only be remembered as the film that finally brought Julianne Moore her first Oscar (she won as Best Actress earlier this year) after a number of nominations. And … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Baldwin, Annie Hall, Blue Jasmine, Colin Firth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Eddie Redmayne, Julianne Moore, Kate Bosworth, Kristin Stewart, My Left Foot, Nine Months, Philadelphia, Still Alice, The Hunger Games, The King's Speech, The Lost Weekend, The Snake Pit, The Theory of Everything, Woody Allen
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Lincoln
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln may be the most beautifully photographed, best-acted procedural ever filmed. The core of the film is not Lincoln’s life, or death, or any of his many personal struggles. It’s the ratification of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, … Continue reading
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Tagged All About Eve, Daniel Day-Lewis, David Strathairn, Hal Holbrook, Jackie Earle Haley, James Spader, Jared Harris, John Hawkes, John Williams, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Joseph Mankiewicz, Lincoln, Philip Seymour Hoffmann, Sally Field, Schindler's List, Speven Spielberg, The Master, Tim Blake Nelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Kushner
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