Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

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oz the great and powerful

OZ-THE-GREAT-AND-POWERFULOZ THE GREAT & POWERFUL (M) starts off promisingly.

It’s Kansas, 1905, and Baum’s Circus is in town. This lackadaisical circus is managed by a conjurer called Oscar Diggs, known as Oz, a cad and a bounder, who puts the …

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side effects

SIDE EFFECTS (M) is a provocative thriller about Emily and Martin (Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum), a successful New York couple whose world totally unravels when a new drug prescribed by Emily’s psychiatrist – intended to treat anxiety – has

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oz the great and powerful

OZ THE GREAT & POWERFUL (M) starts off promisingly.

It’s Kansas, 1905, and Baum’s Circus is in town. This lackadaisical circus is managed by a conjurer called Oscar Diggs, known as Oz, a cad and a bounder, who puts the

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cloud atlas

cloudatlasIn time and histrionics, CLOUD ATLAS (MA) is off the map.

A screen writing directorial collaboration between Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski siblings hosts a time travel turkey that resembles poor pantomime with the Dame played by Hugo Weaving.

Based …

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beautiful creatures

BEAUTIFUL-CREATURESBEAUTIFUL CREATURES (M) casts a spell over much of its running time, broken only when Hollywood hackney ramps up the horrors and the horology clocks up to an unsustainable length that depletes what could have been a far greater pleasure.…

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cloud atlas

In time and histrionics, CLOUD ATLAS (MA) is off the map.

A screen writing directorial collaboration between Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski siblings hosts a time travel turkey that resembles poor pantomime with the Dame played by Hugo Weaving.

Based

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race to the oscars 2014 preview

##DANIEL DAY LEWIS as LINCOLN##

Set in a time not long after the exploits of DJANGO UNCHAINED, LINCOLN has been NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD IN THE FOLLOWNG CATEGORIES: BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE, DANIEL DAY LEWIS,

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road to the oscars 2013

##DANIEL DAY LEWIS as LINCOLN

Set in a time not long after the exploits of DJANGO UNCHAINED, LINCOLN has been NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD IN THE FOLLOWNG CATEGORIES: BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE, DANIEL DAY LEWIS,

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django unchained

DJANGO-UNCHAINEDIn the march to the Oscars, Quentin Tarantino has swept up a swag of nominations for his wacky way-out Western, DJANGO UNCHAINED (MA).

This wayward oater is up for the main prize, Best Picture, as well as Best Actor in …

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django unchained

In the march to the Oscars, Quentin Tarantino has swept up a swag of nominations for his wacky way-out Western, DJANGO UNCHAINED (MA).

This wayward oater is up for the main prize, Best Picture, as well as Best Actor in

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