October 2013

Diana REVIEW

Written by Justin Datu. In Diana, director Oliver Hirschbiegel offers us a glimpse into the life of a woman who fascinated the world in both her life and death. Unfortunately, it is a look that is sickeningly saccharine, focusing on Princess Diana’s whirlwind love affair with her heart surgeon and layering that romance with enough

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Renoir REVIEW

Written by Guillermo Troncoso. French writer-director Gilles Bourdos brings to the screen a drama based on the little known story of Andree Heuschling, a young woman who became the last model to work for the classic impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. When the artist’s son, Jean Renoir, returned from World War I, he began a relationship

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Prisoners REVIEW

Written by Guillermo Troncoso. Every parent’s worst nightmare: having their child kidnapped. The fallout from this horrible scenario is explored in this exhausting and dark thriller from director Denis Villeneuve (Incendies). Two couples are understandably shaken and deeply affected when their daughters are suddenly kidnapped. Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) is called in to lead the

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Machete Kills REVIEW

Written by Guillermo Troncoso. Robert Rodriguez openly states his passion and love for the Grindhouse era of cinema. He teamed up with Quentin Tarantino in 2007 to bring us the two film feature that included Rodriguez’s Planet Terror and Tarantino’s Death Proof. As an added feature, mock-trailers were included to be played with these films,

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