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Horrifying ‘Torture Report’ brings evil to life
6/10 I wonder if this will finally get Ellen to dump George. The Torture Report chronicles Daniel J. Jones’ (Adam Driver) investigation into the U.S.’ torture of enemy combatants after the Sept. 11 attacks. A congressional aid for California Senator … Continue reading
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Tagged #adam driver, #the big short, Amazon, An Inconvenient Truth, Deliverance, Scott Z. Burns, The Report, The Torture Report, Vice, X-Ray
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‘Vice’ wastes spectacular cast in disorganized docu-comedy
5/10 In 2015, tired of making Will Ferrell movies, Adam McKay wrote and directed The Big Short, a strange docu-comedy that aimed to explain to mass audiences how the 2008 economic collapse happened, and that movie won a ton of … Continue reading
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Tagged #adam mckay, #christian bale, #naomi watts, #steve carell, #the big short, #will ferrell, Amy Adams, Sam Rockwell, The Wolf of Wall Street, Vice
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Director, star spoil intriguing spy movie
Robert Zemeckis and Brad Pitt each owe Steven Knight a stiff drink. He wrote a sharp, intriguing film and they ruined it. Allied follows a pair of spies, Max Vatan (Pitt) and Marianne Beausejour (Marion Cotillard). Tasked with assassinating the German … Continue reading
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Tagged #brad pitt, #marion cotillard, #the big short, 12 Years a Slave, Allied, lazy, Robert Zemeckis
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If Oscar nominated films were presidential candidates
Ex Machina — The Ted Cruz campaign IMDB * Rotten Tomatoes * our review Nominated for Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) and Best Visual Effects Were not made in America. Aren’t entirely sure women aren’t sadistic, artificially intelligent sex toys waiting … Continue reading
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Tagged #ben carson, #bernie sanders, #bobby jindal, #bridge of spies, #brooklyn, #carly fiorina, #carol, #chris christie, #donald trump, #ex machina, #feel the bern, #fury road, #hillary clinton, #house of cards, #inside out, #jeb!, #joe biden, #john kasich, #mad max, #make america great again, #marco rubio, #martin omalley, #rand paul, #rick santorum, #ron paul, #room, #sicario, #spotlight, #star wars, #steve jobs, #ted cruz, #the big short, #the danish girl, #the force awakens, #the hateful eight, #the martian, #the revenant
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The Big Short too directly inspired
Hey, remember 2013’s The Wolf of Wall Street? Want to watch a shorter, lower-quality version? Well, have I got a movie for you! The Big Short, based on Michael Lewis’ 2010 non-fiction book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, is about the investors who predicted … Continue reading
