FilmCritic entries tagged "Naomi Watts"

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J. Edgar

by Bill Gibron on Nov 10 2011
J. Edgar

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J. Edgar Hoover was a complicated man. While alive, he accrued a list of enemies and paranoid targets as large as the populace of admirers who kept him in power. In his private life, rumors of homosexuality and cross-dressing accented an already tenuous pre-tabloid personality. Were he alive today, his sins would be as celebrated and censured as his successes -- the man literally created the FBI and then ruled it like a despot. But as viewed through the muted patina of Clint Eastwood's aggravating biopic, he becomes a one-note anomaly, a man who maintained his position through intimidation and illegal spying, not anything to do with personality or outright achievement.

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Dream House

by Bill Gibron on Sep 29 2011
DVD Release Date: January 31, 2012
Dream House

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Good news, film fans. The much debated trailer for this Jim Sheridan helmed thriller (more on that name in a moment) does not give away the big plot twist of this proposed fright fest. Indeed, there are actually three of said surprises during this tale of a man who may or may not be losing his mind. Will Atenton (Daniel Craig) has just left his job as an editor for a high powered publisher in order to spend more time in the country with his wife Libby (Rachel Weisz) and his two precocious daughters. Unfortunately, the title abode he just bought turns out to be the murder home of one Peter Ward, the scene of a grizzly triple homicide that left said the aforementioned's spouse and two young children dead, and their proposed killer institutionalized. more »
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Fair Game (2010)

by Bill Gibron on Nov 18 2010
DVD Release Date: March 29, 2011
Fair Game

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Nothing is more fatal to a thriller than familiarity. If a viewer can anticipate -- or better yet, knows -- exactly where your narrative is going, suspense and dread are more or less destroyed. So when Doug Liman, the director...... more »
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

by Christopher Null on Sep 23 2010
DVD Release Date: February 16, 2011
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

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For his latest film, Woody Allen uses the occult - or at least, the idea of it - as a muse that binds his ensemble together. Perhaps hoping that we've forgotten his last attempt at using the supernatural as a...... more »
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Mother and Child

by Chris Cabin on May 6 2010
DVD Release Date: December 14, 2010
Mother and Child

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As the title infers, Rodrigo Garcia's new film Mother and Child puts the Colombian-born director's thematic obsession with determined maternity and absentee paternity front and center, focusing on three would-be mothers trying to bridge the gaps, both physical and mental,...... more »
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The International

by Sean O'Connell on Feb 13 2009
DVD Release Date: June 9, 2009
The International

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Tom Tykwer's The International can trace its bloodline back to the paranoia peddlers of the 1970s --- think The Parallax View or Three Days of the Condor -- but benefits tremendously from our current predicaments. After all, can you think...... more »
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Funny Games

by Bill Gibron on Mar 13 2008
DVD Release Date: October 21, 2008
Funny Games

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Have we grown this cynical? Is the world in 2008 so devoid of intellectual pursuits that the story of a couple of slap happy serial killers demands attention as revisionist art? That's the bottom line you have to believe if...... more »
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Eastern Promises

by Chris Cabin on Sep 21 2007
DVD Release Date: December 25, 2007
Eastern Promises

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We're in London and the streets look like they are owned and operated by Beelzebub himself. The ghosts of the KGB death squads loom in the distance, but the Russian crime syndicate's stranglehold over the hoods and alleys is as...... 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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Persons Unknown

by Christopher Null on Dec 7 2006
DVD Release Date: February 20, 2007

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While I futilely try to figure out the ending of Persons Unknown means, I'm left to wonder why this film saw no real theatrical release, and why it took 11 years to make it to DVD. Maybe the fact that...... more »

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