Tag: Douglas Strassler
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Jane Fonda’s 1977 film ‘Julia’ is not a perfect film, but it certainly captures some perfect performances
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This political drama and pseud-biopic offers plenty of excellent performances.
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1982 gay love story ‘Making Love’ had high hopes, but made little impact
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It’s hard to say whether Making Love was groundbreaking or merely sensational when it was released 24 years ago, but the slight soap opera certainly made little impact either way. Arthur Hiller, director of the sob-fest Love Story a decade earlier directs…
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‘Separate Lies’ asks a lot of hard questions, but only answers some of them
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Julian Fellowes’ adultery mystery features Tom Wilkinson in one of the year’s finest performances.
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Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine are electric in ‘Blood and Wine’
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Sometimes an actor can save a weakly-made film. In Bob Rafelson’s 1996 dud Blood and Wine, though, two of the greatest actors of all time, Michael Caine and Jack Nicholson, are left to work overtime.…
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Going for the Gold: This year’s major Oscar picks
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Win lose or draw it was a decidedly average year for Hollywood. Heres why.