Category: FILM REVIEWS
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A compelling story of Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is a refreshingly original psychological drama about the liberating power and the danger of fantasy that is nonetheless let down by the filmmakers’ ultra-quirky distortion of […]
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Everybody loves a lover in Love is Strange
Everybody loves a lover, the say goes, but there are limits as Director/ Co-Writer (with Mauricio Zacharias) Ira Sach’s bitter-sweet love story illustrates so insightfully. The film challenges a couple […]
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Not even Sherlock Holmes could solve this mystery of the missing laughs
Joyce Glasser reviews Mortdecai (23 January 2015) Oh what fun we could have had with an adaptation of Kryil Bonfiglioli’s very British spoof Don’t Point That Thing at Me. Bonfiglioli’s […]
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When life begins to spiral out of control
Joyce Glasser reviews The Gambler (January 23, 2015) Mark Wahlberg is a very rich and talented actor who made his name in the masterpiece Boogie Nights and the satirical war […]