FilmCritic entries tagged "Liev Schreiber"

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Salt

by Bill Gibron on Jul 22 2010
DVD Release Date: December 21, 2010
Salt

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Salt may be the first truly successful launch of a female secret agent franchise since Renny Harlin tried to turn his then-wife Geena Davis into a simmering CIA assassin with the under-appreciated The Long Kiss Goodnight. In Angelia Jolie's delightful...... more »
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Taking Woodstock

by Jason McKiernan on Aug 29 2009
DVD Release Date: December 15, 2009
Taking Woodstock

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Ang Lee is one of the most nuanced, attentive, and versatile of all working directors. He is capable of molding any material -- be it human drama, kung fu epic, or even comic book adaptation -- to his unique and...... more »
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

by Bill Gibron on May 2 2009
DVD Release Date: September 15, 2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

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You have to feel sorry for the X-Men franchise. It was once the standard bearer for comic book movies, a monopoly it managed to hold onto until Christopher Nolan and a certain Dark Knight raised and reset the bar substantially...... more »
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Defiance

by Sean O'Connell on Jan 15 2009
DVD Release Date: June 2, 2009
Defiance

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Decades after the last shot was fired, filmmakers continue to find intriguing narrative passages into WWII. The latest, Edward Zwick's Defiance, tells the true story of the Bielskis, three Jewish brothers who, in 1941, avoided capture by the Germans and...... more »
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Operation Filmmaker

by Chris Barsanti on Jun 4 2008
DVD Release Date: December 16, 2008
Operation Filmmaker

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It's not hard to understand what gave Liev Schreiber the idea; sure he's an actor and filmmaker but still human like the rest of us. While prepping for production on Everything is Illuminated in 2004, Schreiber caught an MTV segment...... more »
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Chicago 10

by Chris Barsanti on Feb 28 2008
DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008
Chicago 10

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The story of the 1968 Democratic Convention riots and the trial that followed would seem to have it all, with no need for sexing up. There were riots in the streets (broadcast live on TV, even), youthful heroes with a...... more »
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The Ten

by Chris Cabin on Aug 3 2007
DVD Release Date: January 15, 2008
The Ten

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In a sane, level-headed and clear-eyed world, early '90s sketch group The State (also a TV show) would still be practicing their ambitious and absurd brand of screwball comedy. Sadly, Scooter Libby gets fresh air and sunshine while the boys...... more »
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The Painted Veil

by Chris Cabin on Dec 19 2006
DVD Release Date: May 8, 2007
The Painted Veil

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In its space, pacing, and plot dynamics, John Curran's The Painted Veil has an inherent nostalgia for Hollywood yesteryear. Never as shrewd as to reference it ad-nauseum (see Nancy Meyers' The Holiday), Curran's love story in the time of cholera...... more »
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Everything Is Illuminated

by Jay Antani on Sep 15 2005
DVD Release Date: March 21, 2006
Everything Is Illuminated

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The trick with movie adaptations is that they must stand on their own, without relying on a viewer's familiarity with the source material. In fact, a filmmaker's sensitivity with film form can be gauged by how well he or she...... more »
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The Manchurian Candidate

by Christopher Null on Jul 30 2004
DVD Release Date: December 21, 2004
The Manchurian Candidate

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I'm a huge fan of the original Manchurian Candidate, so naturally I approached Jonathan Demme's redo with some amount of trepidation. In this, the year of the shoddy remake, we've already seen such hack jobs as The Stepford Wives, The...... more »

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