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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: A SPOONFUL OF TREACLE (SAVING MR. BANKS)
By Brian LaffertyDecember 20, 2013 (San Diego) – What in the world were screenwriters Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith thinking as they wrote Saving Mr. Banks, a colossal misfire in tone? And director John...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: GREED - FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD - IS CRUDE (THE WOLF...
By Brian LaffertyDecember 25, 2013 (San Diego) – Marin Scorsese’s few forays into comedy thus far have been The King of Comedy (1983) and After Hours (1985). Both are delightful dark comedies. The...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: SIMIAN KIND OF WONDERFUL (DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES)
By Brian LaffertyJuly 12, 2014 – I highly doubt the makers of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes read my less-than-enthusiastic review of the first film three years ago. Although the screenplay was...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: SPACE ODDITIES (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY)
By Brian LaffertyAugust 3, 2014 (San Diego) – Guardians of the Galaxy leaves no time to rest and little time to breathe. I didn’t know what was happening half the time, but I didn’t care. Guardians...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: LOVE MEANS HAVING TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY (A LETTER TO MOMO)
By Brian LaffertySeptember 10, 2014 (San Diego) – Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement has left a void in the realm of anime. His monopoly on the genre was such that it’s difficult to divorce his films from...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: BLOOD MONEY IN, BLOOD MONEY OUT (THE DROP)
By Brian LaffertySeptember 24, 2014 (San Diego) -- I don't know if Michaël Roskam is a man of few words, but his films certainly are. He burst onto the international film scene with the...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: HELL-O DOLLY! (ANNABELLE)
By Brian LaffertyOctober 10, 2014 (San Diego) – When I wasn't covering my eyes, holding my breath, and jumping in my seat, I laughed inside and thought sarcastically, "I know Uncle John would just...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: ASHES TO ASHES (HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR)
By Brian LaffertyOctober 27, 2014 (San Diego) -- Only death could stop prolific French director Alain Resnais from making movies. Resnais passed away on March 1 this year, having directed 50 features,...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: COLD AS ICE (WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD)
By Brian LaffertyOctober 31, 2014 (San Diego) – For a film directed by Gregg Araki– well-known for anarchic, usually erotically charged films like The Living End (1992), The Doom Generation (1995),...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: TANKS FOR THE MEMORY (FURY)
"The first casualty of war is innocence."- Tagline, Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986)By Brian LaffertyNovember 18, 2014 (San Diego) – In the 28 years since Platoon's release, its tagline quoted above has...
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