the passionate moviegoer

a fan's notes by joe baltake devoted to movies neglected and mostly misunderstood

Monday, September 19, 2011

infectious

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"Contagion," the new metathriller gorgeously shot and rather playfully directed by Steven Soderbergh, is the filmmaker's Alt...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

getting bucked

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The base "Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star" never stood a chance, not even with Adam Sandler's imprematur stamped on it. Sandle...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

cinema obscura: Dore Schary's "Act One" (1963)

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The playwright-director Moss Hart co-wrote both ''You Can't Take It With You'' and ''The Man Who Came to Dinner...
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Friday, September 09, 2011

façade: Margo Martindale

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Now is the time to praise Margo Martindale, an actress who goes down easy, akin to a soft, soothing bourbon. One of the more reassuring p...
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Sunday, August 21, 2011

superior

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Franco bonds, believably, with Serkis' Caesar "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," Rupert Wyatt's socially aware, achingly ...
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