Don't get too excited. The Protector 2, from which the above still is derived, and which I review at RogerEbert.com, is pretty bad. And Rhatha Phongam doesn't figure in it as…
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Robert Montgomery in They Were Expendable, John Ford, 1945. Writing of the movie's lukewarm critical and box office reception in his indispensible new book Five Came Back, Mark Harris observes,…
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This account contains some plot details, although I've tried to portray those details, and their import, as obliquely as possible. I wouldn't call them "spoilers" but you never can tell…
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For RogerEbert.com, here. Also reviewed: The hilarious 300: Rise of an Empire; the effective In Fear, and the unfortunate War of the Worlds: Goliath.
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The daily grind: Tim Jenison learns to make pigments prior to attempting a Vermeer. Tim's Vermeer reviewed for RogerEbert.com; Brightest Star reviewed for same. One's good and interesting, the other…
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"The Jews, Masters of the French Cinema," reads the head of an appalling photo-mural from pre-Vichy France, an upsetting and striking image from Natan. David Cairns, the blogger behind shadowplay,…
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