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BURN AFTER READING (DVD)

By | December 2008

This is easily the Coens’ funniest movie since “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” It’s full of many laugh-out-loud moments. Every character is an idiot or an a*****e, but all of them desire sex or money

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BURN AFTER READING (DVD)

"It's our Tony Scott 'Bourne Identity' movie," Ethan Coen remarks in the all-too-brief bonus features on the "Burn After Reading" DVD. After a perfectly...

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THE WILD HORSE REDEMPTION (DVD)

John Zaritsky’s documentary focuses on a program at a Colorado correctional facility where inmates are involved in the training of wild mustangs. The...

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CASABLANCA: ULTIMATE COLLECTOR’S EDITION (DVD)

It's "Casablanca." Do I need to say anything else? Maybe you think it's a mushy "chick flick," but all I can say is this: Rent it sometime. You don't have...

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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

Rod Lurie’s "Nothing But The Truth" is the very definition of professionalism. It is a rock-solid entertainment, made by adults, starring adults, and...

DEADCENTER 2008: THE NAKED AND THE DEADCENTER

Originally ran on FilmThreat.com on 06/20/08 Everything was perfect. The end. That’s the gist of the article Kim Haywood, Chief Operations Officer of...

JOHN ANDERSON: BUZZING THE B LIST

Not every classic film is a big budget bonanza, as proven in “The B List: The National Society of Film Critics on the Low Budget Beauties, Genre-Bending...

THE TEN BEST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2008

With each new year, it appears the split between films that wind up in ubiquitous theatrical and DVD release and films that barely get a festival screening...

THE “BASKET CASE” RETURNS(?): INTERVIEW WITH FRANK HENENLOTTER

Originally ran on FilmThreat.com on 06/04/08 The directors behind the inspired horror-comedies of the '80s have found a unique place for themselves. Sam...

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MONSTER AMONG US

Allen Mondell and Cynthia Salzman Mondell’s documentary focuses on a new wave of anti-Semitism that is polluting Europe. The filmmakers interview...

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MADAME BOVARY (DVD)

Gustave Flaubert’s notorious anti-heroine is brought to the screen by Claude Chabrol in this 1991 film, but the adaptation is so inert and shallow that...

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