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Side Effects movie poster with Jude Law, Catherine Zeta Jones, Channing Tatum and Rooney Mara

2013 Movie Reviews Movies

Evan Crean February 9, 2013August 22, 2018 by-the-numbers, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, drugs, erotic, Jude Law, Mamie Gummer, manslaughter, pills, predictable, prescription medication, Rooney Mara, Scott Z. Burns, sexual, Side Effects, Soderbergh, Steven Soderbergh, stylish, Thomas Newman, thriller

Soderbergh’s ‘Side Effects’ is Stylish Yet Predictable

This week’s column has my review of Steven Soderbergh’s stylish thriller SIDE EFFECTS.

Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master © The Weinstein Company Inc. All Rights Reserved

2013 Movie Reviews Movies

Evan Crean February 7, 2013August 22, 2018 alcoholic, Alec Baldwin, Amy Adams, boogeyman, Bunny, cult, drunken erratic behavior, Easter Bunny, folklore, Freddy Quell, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, Jack Frost, Joaquin Phoenix, Jude Law, Lancaster Dodd, North, P.T. Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pitch, PTSD, Rise of the Guardians, Sandman, Sandy, Santa Claus, The Guardians, The Master, Tooth, Toothfairy, World War II

Awards Season Movies: Mini Reviews Part 4

Since I’ve been seeing awards season movies faster than I can write full reviews of them, I’m writing mini reviews until my screener pile is diminished.

Quvenzhané Wallis running with fireworks in Beasts of the Southern Wild

2013 Movie Reviews Movies

Evan Crean February 5, 2013August 22, 2018 Aaron Johnson, Anna Karenina, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, brisk pace, detailed choreography, Dwight Henry, grand costumes, Hushpuppy, Joe Wright, Jude Law, Keira Knightley, Louisiana bayou, narration, period piece, prehistoric creatures, pseudo play, Quvenzhané Wallis, squalor, style trumps substance, The Bathtub, theater, Wink

Awards Season Movies: Mini Reviews Part 3

Since I’ve been seeing awards season movies faster than I can write full reviews of them, I’m writing mini reviews until my screener pile is diminished.

Poster for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law

2011 Movie Reviews Movies

Evan Crean December 31, 2011September 3, 2018 assassination plot, character development, franchise, Guy Ritchie, Irene Adler, Jared Harris, Jude Law, metaphorical chess game, Noomi Rapace, Professor James Moriarty, quirky bromance, Rachel McAdams, Robert Downey Jr, sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

‘A Game of Shadows’ Not As Cohesive as Predecessor

In spite of some entertaining moments though, SHERLOCK HOLME: A GAME OF SHADOWS as a whole, isn’t as cohesive as its predecessor.

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