‘Grand Piano’ is a taut, tense thriller
This is more than ‘Phone Booth’ on a concert stage. Very imaginative filmmaking.
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‘Captain Phillips’ is clearly in command
Tom Hanks and newcomer Barkhad Abdi shine in this excellent movie
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Don’t miss ‘Like Father, Like Son’ a terrific Japanese film (yes, there are English subtitles)
A Japanese film without any samurai or geisha in it
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‘The Monuments Men’ deserves at least a small monument of its own
This is a wonderfully enjoyable, if fictionalized, history of some true heroes.
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Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’ is as excellent as its five Oscar nominations would indicate
This sci-fi film is outstanding filmmaking mixed with social commentary
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Our favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman performances
TailSlate has taken a look at Hoffman’s filmography and chose five of his film performances that are our favorites.
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Friend finds Philip Seymour Hoffman dead of an apparent drug overdose
The amazing Philip Seymour Hoffman has died at the age of 46. Multiple sources report that a friend found him in his Greenwich Village home, with a needle in his arm.
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Oscar winner Maximilian Schell has passed away in Austria
Reports are that he was suffering from a sudden serious illness, possibly pneumonia.
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In ‘August: Osage County’ temperatures and tempers rise
Expectations were high and exceeded by the cast of ‘August: Osage County’ thanks to wonderful writing and careful direction
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‘Lone Survivor’ is worth going through Hell Week for
Based on the true story of a mission in Afghanistan in 2005 that went horribly wrong.
