The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
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World War Z (2013)
If the potential exists for a thinking-man’s zombie movie, then “World War Z” is probably about as close as you are likely to get. Here...
After Earth (2013)
M. Night Shyamalan’s “After Earth” is a red-blooded adventure, lean in narrative, spare on plot, heavy on human interest; it reminds you of the kinds...
Behind the Candleabra (2013)
If you believe the persona that Liberace displayed to the public, then you might well believe that the man never had a dull moment in...
Epic (2013)
The late great critic Roger Ebert coined a term that accurately describes a movie like “Epic.” He would call it a “four-glasses-movie,” which he described...
Mud (2013)
“Mud” opens in a natural setting, untouched by man. On a small Arkansas island on the Mississippi River nothing seems to live here but grass,...
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Okay, so here’s the good news: Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” is not an embarrassment to F. Scott Fitzgerald. This is a great...
The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
At a time when most screenplays are running on empty, Derek Cianfrance’s “The Place Beyond the Pines” is a breath of fresh air, a three-act...
