Revolver (2005) Spela Film

Methodically and with generally unfailing good restraint, Landesman re-creates the grief surrounding the crime and the confusion of Oswald's capture and subsequent murder.. "Parkland" succeeds as it fails. For whatever its flaws, it is unforgettable.. The assassination of John F. Kennedy, as seen through the eyes of bystanders, insiders and other players.. The prospect of Ritchie going back to the gangster genre a third time is unappetizing, but it has nothing on his feeble attempt to reinvent i...

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Inside Man (2006) Spela Strömmande

Lee seems less interested in scoring easy sociological points than ratcheting up the stakes of Gewirtz's cunning heist scenario, which offers little in the way of wiggle room for latecomers.. Exceptionally well written with clever twists and witty dialogue by first-time screenwriter Russell Gewirtz, Inside Man is adroitly executed by director Spike Lee.. When it works best, Changeling is a feverish and bluntly effective parable of wronged innocence.. Clint Eastwood's Changeling falls into a comm...

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Changeling (2008) Ladda Ner Film

If Changeling lacks the knockout power of, say, Million Dollar Baby, it proves that Eastwood continues to seek out stories that take him places he hasn't been before -- and the audience along with him.. It's a tough movie but also rewarding and inspiring: something of a quiet triumph.. While the neo-Gothic tale is inherently intriguing, the film should inspire strong emotion, but deliberate pacing and a contained sense of melodrama make it a surprisingly passive experience.. Eastwood, who has ma...

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The Cokeville Miracle (2015) Spela Film

The film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends to do nothing else. It embraces a mystery and protects it, and it’s thrilling to behold.. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. The film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends to do nothing else. It embraces a mystery and protects it, and it’s thrilling to behold.. The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordin...

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Parkland (2013) Online Streaming

Fifty years after the traumatic event, the assassination of JFK is still capable of touching a raw nerve -- even in a dramatization as flat-footed as this one.. Peter Landesman's well-made but dramatically unfocused re-creation of that November day and its aftermath .... There's something to be said for Landesman's attempt to limit himself to just the facts that we can all agree on. Just that much is dramatic enough and awful enough to make for a good movie.. Parkland is history as existential d...

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