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Ben Affleck’s first time behind the camera as a director comes in this adaptation of a novel by Dennis Lehane in a screenplay he also wrote brings with it immense critical praise which is well-deserved. Casey Affleck plays Patrick Kenzie, a private detective familiar with the streets and neighborhoods of Boston, living with his [...]

Lucky Number Slevin can be seen almost as an adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest from a more modern perspective with the clever, witty rapid speech of very early films.  The director Paul McGuigan seems to have made this adaptation work, and work very well at that. Continue reading… SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Lucky Number Slevin, 2006", [...]

In my opinion Se7en is easily one of the forty best movies ever made.  It is cast with fantastic actors like Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Morgan Freeman, and Brad Pitt, each portraying their well-developed characters in a manner that should have put them all into consideration for major awards.  The visual effects are haunting and [...]