“John Dies at the End” has the spirit, if not always the laughs, of Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead” trilogy. Don Coscarelli, who has a nearly thirty plus-year career working on B-grade horror films like “The Beastmaster” and Bubba Ho-Tep," has adapted David Wong’s 2004 comic-graphic novel into one messy, freaky, and mind-boggling ride of a movie. Chase Williamson and Rob Mayes are Dave ... more >
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John dies at the end
It's going to be one of those years
Rob Mayes and Chase Williamson
Directed by Don Coscarelli
Paul Giamatti in Barney’s version (2010 Mostra)
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Win-Win
So it's not the film of the decade--so what?
Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor and Bobby Cannavale
Directed by Tom McCarthy
After the affably quirky "Station Agent" and the quietly heartbreaking "The Visitor," writer-director (and, outside his own movies, actor) Thomas McCarthy takes a mildly disappointing step backward with "Win Win," a conventional family dramedy that can best be described as cuddly. Paul Giamatti, doing his quite familiar lovable curmudgeon shtick, plays a struggling small-town lawyer and ... more >
Cold Souls | REVIEW
Cold storage for the human psyche
Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn
Directed by Sophie Barthes
After watching Sophie Barthes' Cold Souls tonight I felt like escaping into the epicurian pleasures of brie, crackers and fig chutney--high-blood pressure be damned. I needed get my mind off things, warm the soul, so to speak, because Sophie Barthes's "Cold Souls" is a downer of a movie, and one without any particular rewards. Movies need to take us aback a little. One, it stars Paul ... more >
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