Review: Tawdry JFK drama 'Parkland' an exercise in sorely misjudged nostalgia

Posted by · 8:00 am · September 1st, 2013

James Badge Dale offers the only performance of note in an all-star ensemble.

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2012: the year in superlatives

Posted by · 8:28 am · December 31st, 2012

Awarding the best in Oscar’s categories and ours.

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Tell us what you thought of 'Flight'

Posted by · 5:27 am · November 2nd, 2012

Robert Zemeckis’s return to live action lands today.

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Interview: John Gatins on wrestling his demons to write 'Flight'

Posted by · 7:42 am · October 30th, 2012

“There are no atheists in foxholes or at 30,000 feet.”

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Zemeckis's 'Flight' features Denzel Washington at his best in a powerful character study

Posted by · 6:00 am · October 14th, 2012

“Flight” may have elements of action filmmaking and courtroom drama, but it is, ultimately, a character study about the sickness of addiction. It captures the embarrassment, the denial, the rage and, crucially, the chronic fallibility that comes with it.

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