Jude Law | Jude Law
Dec.15.2012
This has been another movie weekend for the missus and me as we do our best to ignore omnipresent songs trying to lure us into the season's commercial orgy. So last night, we watched Terrence Malick's The New World on HBO (that one was a freebie). I think we were both surprised at this...
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Jul.18.2012
The Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I was an angst-filled teenager who felt completely different from the world, self-absorbed with my emotions, unable to understand my place in the world, and a boatload of esteem issues.
You know, I was completely normal.
One thing I...
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Jan.11.2012
Photo: Movie poster, from its Wikipedia page.
Very visually appealing, fast-paced, intelligent, fun and styled film that stretches the limits of Conan Doyle's character--but not as far as you'd think. You'd have to read the stories to appreciate this, but Basil Rathbone's...
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Dec.17.2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Jared Harris, Stephen Fry, Paul Anderson, Kelly Reilly, and more.
Directed by: Guy Ritchie Written by: Michele and Kieran...
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Nov.25.2011
Hugo
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Christopher Lee, Jude Law, Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Griffiths, Emily Mortimer, Helen McCrory, Frances de la Tour, and more.
Directed by: Martin Scorsese Based on...
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Sep.23.2011
I stopped listening to the news for about a week, and was startled, when I reengaged today, to discover that the world was entering a period of unprecedented peace and prosperity. Then the alarm went off and NPR’s Morning Edition came on: “Reports that the earth is rapidly moving closer to the...
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Jan.27.2010
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is a tribute to what movies can and should be, original, beguiling, and intelligent. There are dips in the narrative, but not gaping wounds as several reviewers have so unoriginally suggested. One can only imagine that some loss of continuity was inevitable once...
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