Recently, I signed up for a subscription to the Rolling Stones publication and two out of the last three cover stories I could not care any less about. Even the third received a questionable, ‘meh…’ I’ve always been a casual reader: picking up a copy if I found a couple stories interesting, or [...]
Directed by: Marc Forster
Written by: Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, and Robert Wade
Starring: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, and Dame Judi Dench
Release: November 14, 2008
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As a child of the Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond films, I was extremely apprehensive of Daniel Craig taking over the role. Surely Brosnan is not, I believe by anyone’s standards, the [...]
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Written by: Stanley Weiser
Starring: Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, and Thandie Newton
Release: October 17, 2008
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Oliver Stone is well known for his strange, off-color presidential biographies. The best way to prepare you for this debut of W. is likely to watch Nixon, which is probably the most sympathetic biography of a corrupt [...]
Directed by: Robert B. Weide
Written by: Peter Straughan [Adapted for film based on the book by Toby Young]
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges, and Megan Fox
Release: October 3, 2008
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Robert Weide you may know from his directions of many episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Though not one of my favorite comedy shows, it’s worth noting [...]
Artist: Jenny Lewis
Genre: Alternative
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Release: September 23, 2008
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Among the feminine swath of 20 to 30-somethings trying to make a record deal, Jenny Lewis stands alone. Surely, your Sara Barielles has a distinctive voice apart from your Feist, but what this musical generation is seeing are far too many arrows at the same target. [...]
Written and Directed: Ethan and Joel Cohen
Starring: John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Tilda Swinton
Release: September 12, 2008
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From the previews I saw in either the theatre or on television, I was extremely excited to see this film. Visually and comically it grabbed me, and the cast list alone should have powered the [...]