Standby has no U.S. distributor, but it seems reasonably decent. Even if the story is built on pointless deception. Sometimes you can tell. Brian Gleeson (son of Brendan, brother of Domhnall) has low-key charm and confidence; Mad Men‘s Jessica Pare, whose refusal to modify her rabbit choppers shows a kind of integrity, doesn’t seem to be forcing things either. Directed by Rob and Ronan Burke, written by Pierce Ryan. Opens in the UK and Ireland on 11.14.
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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