Finally, at long last, there comes an album by The Shins that is neither life-changing nor life-affirming. Continue reading
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THE JUNKYARD: THOR & HOW KENNETH BRANAGH RUINS EVERYTHING
What was meant to be the beefcake-muscle flexing-hammer throwing-cape flapping-nordic dreamboat-action film of the summer turned out to be a chilly, action-less, mind-numbing disaster. At first I couldn’t quite figure out why Thor was so goddamned awful (aside from the lack of action and shitty story) until I saw the credits and a familiar harbinger of mediocracy came up: Kenneth Branagh. Continue reading
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Tags: Avengers, Comic Movies, Film Review, Junkyard Arts, Kenneth Branagh, Movies, Natalie Portman, The Junkyard, Thor
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BLACK SWAN
Striving for the lead ballerina in a new production of Swan Lake, Nina auditions and fails with her straightforward, safe technique. With one bite of the lip of her hornball dance director (Vincent Cassel), though, she’s granted the complex role. Continue reading
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BLACK SWAN
Despite the rush toward on-demand or downloadable content, or 3-D showmanship, Aronofsky’s magnum opus represents the power of modern film. It also lets me say something that, as a film critic, I’ve always wanted to say: Run, don’t walk, to see Black Swan. Continue reading
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Tags: Barbara Hershey, Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky, Fox Searchlight, Issue 12.48, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel
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