Tag: Sean Penn

‘Gangster Squad’ looks great, but lacks substance

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Brian Milinsky

Visually, this flick captures the look of 1949 Los Angeles. Too bad the script doesn’t quite have the same quality.
Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine are electric in ‘Blood and Wine’

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Douglas Strassler

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.…
’21 Grams’ is disorienting and confusing

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Aliza Hausman

While this film is filled with spectacular performances — Penn received an Oscar for his role — the jarring quality of the storytelling takes more away from the actors than it gives.