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Homeland, Ep. 208: I’ll Fly Away

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Homeland’s “I’ll Fly Away” heightens the passion between Carrie and Brody while complicating the head games that continue to escalate between them. Now in a tug-of-war representative of an entire intelligence chess game, Carrie’s explosive personality threatens to not only … Continue reading →

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A Bond Newbie’s Thoughts on 007: The Living Daylights

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Short Take: Timothy Dalton’s take on Bond has the reptilian darkness to allude to something more interesting, but caricature villains and bombastic plot lines move in contradiction with the dour lead. You’ve probably heard about Timothy Dalton’s Bond being an … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Anna Karenina

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Leave it to director Joe Wright to turn a work of timelessness into a bravura exercise of over-the-top theatricality. An intoxicating film of vision and ambition, in Wright’s hands Anna Karenina looks like an impressionist painting that pays homage to … Continue reading →

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Homeland, Ep. 207: The Clearing

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

As if slowly letting the helium out of a balloon, “The Clearing” diffuses the tension that made the past three episodes high points of the series and replaces them with divergent subplots that, for the moment, have little immediate pay … Continue reading →

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A Mother Scorned: Blood of My Blood (Sangue do Meu Sangue)

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Portugal’s submission for this coming Oscars, Blood of My Blood, justifies its slow progression by patiently allowing excruciating moments to play amongst soup operatic drama. Until the soap opera takes a strange turn in the final act, the manufactured-cum-realistic approach … Continue reading →

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Lyrical Chaos: Cloud Atlas

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

“If God created all this then why do we have the right to change it?” – Adam Ewing, Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas, adapted from a difficult novel by David Mitchell, emerges as the most multi-dimensional film of many lately to … Continue reading →

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Everything Means Everything in DuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

If I asked you to close your eyes and envision where “The Middle of Nowhere” might be, I’d guess you’d think somewhere in an open field or an empty road. Somewhere in Iowa or Nebraska perhaps. Certainly not the bustling … Continue reading →

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Homeland, Ep. 204: New Car Smell

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

When people look back on Homeland as a series, they will likely point to a handful of episodes that set it apart from other political dramas like it. These episodes show why Homeland might forever make us rethink serial political … Continue reading →

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A Bond Newbie’s Thoughts on 007: Tomorrow Never Dies

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Short Take: Fit with images and writing reminiscent of campy graphic novels, Tomorrow Never Dies undermines its potential to be a fun thriller with a lack of any serious direction. Officially entering my first real foray in the world of … Continue reading →

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Hawkes Calmly Soars in The Sessions

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Early on in Mark O’Brien’s quest to find sexual pleasure, he quips something to the effect of, “Sex is the most serious thing in life, it’s even all over the bible.” From this line, The Sessions gains much of its … Continue reading →

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