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The Decade’s Best – The Good Shepherd (2006)

Posted: July 4, 2009 at 1:53 pm   /   Local, Opinion

Robert DeNiro’s epic origin story of the CIA is a superb spy film even if it isn’t what most people would picture a spy film is nowadays, with its feet firmly planted in truth and reality

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Eastern Promises

Posted: July 31, 2008 at 5:49 pm   /   DVD News, Local, Movie Reviews

Eastern Promises (2007) Gruesome, dark, harsh, extremely painful, powerful and hopeful—all begin and ultimately describe the emotional and visual impact of viewing Eastern Promises a recent release from director, David Cronenberg. Actor Vigo Mortensen, of Lord of the Rings and History of Violence fame is Nikolai Luzhin, an undercover police officer trying to infiltrate a […]

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Eastern Promises

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 11:04 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

David Cronenberg’s follow up to History of Violence also stars Viggo Mortensen and is just as good, if not better than, that excellent film from two years ago.The opening scenes set up the cruxes of the story, an ill advised hit as well as the birth of a baby girl and the death of her […]

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