It takes about an hour into Todd Phillips’ “War Dogs” to realize the true colors of the film’s subjects. As they discuss a deal to arm Afghani soldiers with millions of bullets, top Army ...
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The kind of auteurism favored by most today places a high priority on repeated patterns and frameworks within a director’s body of work. I, however, tend to prefer filmmakers who can produce a ...
https://marshallandthemovies.com/2016/02/08/review-hail-caesar/
Rupert Goold’s “True Story” begins with two men claiming to be Mike Finkel suffering from a painful, embarrassing exposure. The first is Jonah Hill’s Mike Finkel – the man born with t...
Stay long enough through the credits of “How to Train Your Dragon 2” and you’ll see an interesting member of the crew: Roger Deakins, on board as a visual consultant. That name may not me...
The archetypal model for the comedy sequel can be summed up in one line from “The Hangover Part II,” perhaps one of the most disparaged to date: “It happened again.” Comedies, for whate...
Sex. Cocaine. Hookers. Profanity. Quaaludes. Destruction. Money. Orgies. More profanity. More sex. More cocaine. More destruction. More money. Normally these are the kinds of things that liven up...
Now that I know the kind of deep analyses I can write on films, I’ve grown cautious of over-intellectualizing. It’s like learning to reign in a superpower; just because you can use it doesn...
Recently, I watched “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” the 1982 comedy still considered to be one of the best high school movies ever made, for the first time. It has obviously become incredib...
The post-Spielberg generation of fanboy filmmakers has a few things to learn. I’m talking about the boys who grew up thinking that Indiana Jones is the slickest hero ever, E.T. is the most be...
Well, folks … guesswork is almost over. In a little over 12 hours, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will announce their nominations for the best of the best of 2011. ...
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