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Review - Payback (1999) / Payback: Straight Up (2006)
by NIR SHALEV After writing the screenplays to L.A. Confidential and Conspiracy Theory (both 1997), Brian Helgeland wrote a screenplay for a movie called Payback. Payback is based on the novel “The H… more →
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Review - Payback (1999) / Payback: Straight Up (2006)
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commentarytrack wrote 2 weeks ago: by NIR SHALEV After writing the screenplays to L.A. Confidential and Conspiracy Theory (both 1997), … more →
Review - The Sting (1973)
commentarytrack wrote 4 weeks ago: by NIR SHALEV Winner of seven Academy Awards, The Sting reunites Robert Redford and Paul Newman in G … more →
Review - The Cat Returns (2002)
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commentarytrack wrote 1 month ago: by HELEN GEIB High-schooler Haru is having a very bad day the day it all begins. First she oversleep … more →
Review - Hud (1963)
commentarytrack wrote 1 month ago: by NIR SHALEV Paul Newman gives a powerhouse performance as Hud Bannon, the quintessential alienated … more →
Review - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
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commentarytrack wrote 1 month ago: by NIR SHALEV Playwright Tennessee Williams had a way with words, like his arguable successor Quenti … more →
Review - Harvey (1950)
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commentarytrack wrote 2 months ago: by NIR SHALEV We see them all the time walking down the street and talking to themselves, arguing wi … more →
Review - Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
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commentarytrack wrote 2 months ago: by HELEN GEIB The Kiki of Kiki’s Delivery Service is a sweet-natured, 13 year old witch with an entr … more →
Review - Kitchen Stories (2003)
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commentarytrack wrote 3 months ago: by HELEN GEIB Kitchen Stories is an improbably entertaining film about a friendship that arises out … more →
Review - White Nights (1957)
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commentarytrack wrote 3 months ago: by NIR SHALEV Based on a short story by Dostoyevsky, White Nights is a film about dreamers who live … more →
Review - Becket (1964)
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commentarytrack wrote 4 months ago: by NIR SHALEV King Henry II of England surprises the country by naming his best friend Thomas Becket … more →
Review - Whisper of the Heart (1995)
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commentarytrack wrote 4 months ago: by HELEN GEIB The anime feature Whisper of the Heart, directed by Yoshifumi Kondo from a script by H … more →
Review - Last Holiday (1950)
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commentarytrack wrote 4 months ago: by NIR SHALEV George Bird (Sir Alec Guinness) is an ordinary man who makes a routine visit to the do … more →
Review - The Crow (1994)
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commentarytrack wrote 4 months ago: by NIR SHALEV The Crow opens with narration: “People once believed that when someone dies, a crow ca … more →
Review - The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
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commentarytrack wrote 5 months ago: by NIR SHALEV Oscar Wilde will always be remembered as one of the wittiest playwrights in the histor … more →
Review - Sonatine (1993)
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commentarytrack wrote 5 months ago: by NIR SHALEV “Beat” Takeshi Kitano is a comedian, a famous television personality and superst … more →
Review - Woman in the Dunes (1964)
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commentarytrack wrote 5 months ago: by TOM NIXON Sporting an existential prison before which even A Man Escaped and Last Year At Marienb … more →
Review - My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
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commentarytrack wrote 5 months ago: by HELEN GEIB Sisters Satsuki and Mei move to the country at the beginning of writer-director Hayao … more →
Review - The Limey (1999)
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commentarytrack wrote 5 months ago: by NIR SHALEV Wilson (Terence Stamp) is a Cockney Brit, a career criminal, and a gangster who was re … more →
Review - The Hit (1984)
commentarytrack wrote 5 months ago: by NIR SHALEV Willie Parker (Terence Stamp) is a British gangster who honestly believes that squeali … more →
