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26/31: August, Osage County
January 26, 2015 – 7:30 AM | 8 Comments
26/31: <em>August, Osage County</em>

I wanted to like August, Osage County more than I did — and I did like it fairly well, considering — because of Tracy Letts.

The Impossible and the white light
January 2, 2013 – 3:12 PM | 8 Comments
<I>The Impossible</I> and the white light

Treed by the Boxing Day tsunami, seriously injured vacationer Maria (Naomi Watts), her tween son Lucas (Tom Holland), and an equanimous mystery toddler named Daniel (Johan Sundberg) divide a can of Coke. The rest of …

8/31: Beginners
December 8, 2011 – 3:24 PM | 5 Comments
8/31: <I>Beginners</I>

Watching a lot of movies in a row can scramble the brain, but it can also let those movies reflect on and inform one another. For example, the Oscars Death Race is a time of …