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Category: Mystery/Thriller

  • Movie Review: “The Revenant” (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, USA 2015)

    “‘Tis unnatural Even like the deed that’s done. On Tuesday last, A falcon, tow’ring in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. And Duncan’s horses–a thing most strange and certain– Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Contending ‘gainst obedience,…

  • Movie Review: “Spotlight” (Tom McCarthy, USA 2015)

    In the early days of the synchronized sound motion picture, Hollywood had to seek out people to write dialogue. It was no longer a matter of the occasional title card, so the writing had to be stronger than it had been before. Lacking a substantial pool of established writers in the forms that the new…

  • Movie Review: “Sicario” (Denis Villeneuve, USA 2015)

    The film opens with an explanation of the word “Sicario” that ends with saying that in Mexico, it means “hitman.” That opening makes the film predictable and telegraphed. But I really don’t think that Villeneuve and screenwriter Taylor Sheridan care. They made it really obvious what they wanted to say, to the point that televisions…