FilmCritic entries tagged "William Goldman"

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Tales from the Script

by Jules Brenner on Mar 28 2010
Tales from the Script

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Giving legions of struggling screenwriters one more opportunity to learn something from their role models at the top of their craft, director Peter Hanson (screenwriter, Stagehand) assembles a chat fest of interviews with the stars of the profession commiserating over...... more »
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Chaplin

by Christopher Null on Dec 4 2008
DVD Release Date: October 14, 2008

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Movies about movie stars are always a dodgy affair. They reek of in-jokes, chumminess, and a glossy version of Hollywood that has never really existed. As actors go, Charlie Chaplin is at least a worthy candidate for a biopic. His...... more »
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Magic

by Christopher Null on May 8 2006
DVD Release Date: April 25, 2006

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The work of early Anthony Hopkins is always worth a gamble, and Magic is easily one of his quirkiest films. Hopkins plays a magician/puppeteer, and any time a ventriloquist's dummy makes it into a picture, trouble can't be far behind....... more »
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

by Christopher Null on Mar 25 2006
DVD Release Date: May 12, 2009

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Calling Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid a great Western is like calling Dom Perignon a really great bottle of grape juice. Yeah, that's correct, but you're missing the point entirely. Butch and Sundance is more than a Western: It's...... more »
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A Bridge Too Far

by Jason Morgan on Jan 9 2006
DVD Release Date: June 3, 2008

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Bridge control, in warfare, is a comfortable position to be in when defending a territory. The job of taking a bridge is not as fortunate -- artillery, explosives, masses of infantry all wait on the other side. A Bride Too...... more »
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All the President's Men

by Christopher Null on Jul 23 2004
DVD Release Date: February 28, 2006

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Classic collaboration of Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, and Richard Nixon, in the most scandalous political tale of our time -- Nixon's destruction after Watergate. (Sorry, Michael Moore!) The leads put human faces on the cold visages of Woodward and Bernstein,...... more »
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Dreamcatcher

by Norm Schrager on Mar 20 2003
DVD Release Date: September 30, 2003
Dreamcatcher

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Lawrence Kasdan's Dreamcatcher begins with intriguing promise - a series of icy cool, shape-shifting visuals make for an eerie credits sequence. Enjoy it while you can, because it's downhill from there in this Stephen King-based thriller. It does take a...... more »
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The Chamber

by Christopher Null on Oct 14 2001
DVD Release Date: October 1, 1997

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Goody goody Chris O'Donnell heads down to Mississippi to defend his long lost grandpa, who's about to be executed for a racist hate crime decades earlier. Is it possible to care about this story? Faye Dunaway's puppy dog performance sure...... more »
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Hearts in Atlantis

by Max Messier on Sep 28 2001
DVD Release Date: February 12, 2002
Hearts in Atlantis

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The entire time I spent watching the latest Stephen King big-screen adaptation Hearts in Atlantis, I had this nagging feeling in the back of my mind that something was missing. All the key elements of a potentially great film were...... more »
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Marathon Man

by Christopher Null on Aug 24 2001

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'Is it safe?' Brrrr... those words still chill me. Marathon Man (tagline: 'A thriller') stands in the odd position of being one of Dustin Hoffman's finest performances while also being one of writer William Goldman's (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance...... more »

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