By Edward Copeland Writing a review of The Artist has proved unusually difficult for me. I watched the film for the first time a couple of...
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A movie about being someone not doing something
By Edward Copeland If you're like me, it drives you nuts when the so-called cable news channels continue to call something "breaki...
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Nothing just happens
By Edward Copeland People tend to be described as dog people or cat people. New York people or L.A. people — you get the idea. When it come...
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There's a storm coming — and he goes by the name of Michael Shannon
By Edward Copeland Over the course of the past several years, I have become a huge fan of Michael Shannon. It took his brief appearance in ...
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"Your horse is a mirror to your soul."
By Edward Copeland So says Buck Brannaman, the inspiration for the idea of a "horse whisperer" and the subject of the documentary...
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There is no point. That's the point.
By Edward Copeland Tilda Swinton amazes. Each year, she delivers an incredible performance in a film that, in the hands of a Harvey Weinste...
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The waiting isn't the hardest part
By Edward Copeland Glenn Close's fascination with the story of Albert Nobbs began in 1982, the same year she made her film debut in Th...
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Truth be told, you two are both dragging me down
By Edward Copeland By the time I finally found myself in a position to watch Shame , my expectations rested on two separate planes. The fir...
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What defines a terrorist act?
By Edward Copeland Certainly, no one's wording probably would match exactly. There might be some who answer quite literally with a resp...
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“There is a difference between apples and men…really, there is…”
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. In the '50s, beginning with Winchester ’73 (1950), director Anthony Mann and actor James Stewart embarked on a s...
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