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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO:: “Iceman”

Michael Shannon is brilliant in ICEMAN, but it has to be said that he’s brilliant in just about the same way that he was in Take Shelter, in Revolutionary Road, on Boardwalk Empire, and even in The Runaways (althoug...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Man of Steel”

MAN OF STEEL: Watch It At Home – Another Guy In a Cape “Kneel before Zod!” the villain of that name roared in what’s probably the best-remembered piece of dialogue from Superman 2. That line ...

by Mitch Salem

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ShowbuzzDaily Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Studio 54″” & “What They Had”

STUDIO 54 (no distrib): Matt Tynauer’s documentary covers all the bases of the disco that defined nightlife for a surprisingly brief time in the late 1970s, from the club’s construction on the site of an ol...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Knives Out” & “A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood”

KNIVES OUT (Lionsgate – November 27): Rian Johnson’s delectable reinvention of the old-fashioned puzzle whodunnit wears its convoluted plotting on its sleeve, weaving and circling about so that when you thi...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Downsizing” & “The Shape of Water”

DOWNSIZING (Paramount – Dec 22): Alexander Payne’s latest film (written with his usual partner Jim Taylor) is a delight–and a bit of a mess. On its face, Downsizing is a leap out of Payne and Taylor...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Young Ones”

The post-apocalyptic sci-fi western, which once must have seemed revolutionary and innovative, is now (it dates back at least to 1975’s A Boy and His Dog) an established subgenre. Jake Paltrow’s entry into ...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “Freeheld”

Events on the same-sex rights front have moved so quickly that FREEHELD, which is based on a true story from 2007, and has been in development almost since it occurred, now feels like something of a history story. Not ...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO:: “Iceman”

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Man of Steel”

ShowbuzzDaily Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Studio 54″” & “What They Had”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Knives Out” & “A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Downsizing” & “The Shape of Water”

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Young Ones”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “Freeheld”

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