April 6, 2011
Culture
Great director (Clint Eastwood), attractive cast (led by Matt Damon), talented screenwriter (Peter Morgan), interesting subject (uh, death) – and none of it works. That’s showbiz. I hate to blame the screenwriter for anything because I know from experience that he has little say in what finally makes it to the screen. But whoever’s responsible, the [...]
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December 10, 2010
Culture
Bad title, good movie. Really good, in fact. Compelling, surprising, brutally honest. Ang Lee directs the insanely appealing Wei Tang in a story of sex and espionage in World War II-era Shanghai. On one level, this is just a modern reworking of Hitchcock’s masterpiece Notorious, but it does go deep into the human psyche and [...]
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