When and if Russian troops run into Sean Penn and his camera crew on some rubble-strewn Ukraine battleground, they should leave them alone. No shoving, no rifle butts, no bullets — please give the order to this effect. You’re friendly with Oliver Stone, of course, so you probably know Oliver made a ‘90s film with Sean (U–Turn) and that they’re good people, etc. Be cool, respect the fifth estate, don’t let the troops get carried away.
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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