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The storyline of “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” has some good twists and interesting character studies. Certainly Sidney Lumet is a great filmmaker. Still I wish there had been less jumps between time periods of the characters lives. In this particular situation, at least to me, it did not seem to benefit the movie’s [...]

“Infamous” follows the story of writer Truman Capote during the time he began to write his novel “In Cold Blood”. Toby Jones is excellent as Capote. I’m sure there has been much comparison between Jones and Philip Seymour Hoffmann’s portrayal of the writer as well as the films. “Capote” was filmed in 2005 but released [...]

“Shoot ‘Em Up” was a pretty big disappointment to me. Basically I rented it to see Paul Giamatti play a bad guy, with villians typically not the way he is cast. He succeeded and was the best thing in the film. The script really needed help, it wasn’t very good although there were a few [...]

“Away From Her” is the delicate story of a couple dealing with the devastating diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The selfless choices made by wife and husband in this film are touching and sad at the same time. The ravages of the disease are followed throughout the film. The most frightening aspect of the disease is [...]

This true story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro’s thirty year fight for the right to end his life is one you won’t soon forget. Javier Bardem’s brilliant performance playing a quadriplegic is Oscar worthy; subtle, with humor, great intelligence and depth of dignity. The story of “The Sea Inside” is even more poignant given all the [...]