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COLD WEATHER
At the end of a rave review for this movie, in a throwaway line, eminent film critic Roger Ebert mentions that some people may find COLD WEATHER boring. And I am so in that camp! I usually find something redeeming about any edgy Indie movie, except I couldn’t for this uninteresting drab thriller set in…
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WHITE MATERIAL
I finally got to see Clare Dennis’s movie that made nearly all the critics Top Ten Lists last year. It came and went so quickly the first time around, that I blinked and missed it. Same could be said about the multi-layer chaos of this movie’s story that if you blink you miss some potential…
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MAMA GOGO
There are times in this well-intentioned movie dealing with Alzheimer’s when the plot steers off course that it seems as muddled as poor Mama Gogo herself. Part quirky comedy, part family high drama, part satire on the local film industry, and part ghost story, this is the latest movie from one of the major forces…
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A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN
This is a somewhat gentle deadpan comedy that takes its time to draw you in. Set in the outskirts of a bleak town in Norway, it is the story of Ulrik a middle-aged murderer just released from prison, whose attempts at becoming a reformed man are thwarted by Jensen, his former gang boss who is…
