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Review: DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA, More of the Same, Except Slightly Different
Cannily marketed as an old-school, throwback “Motion Picture Event” three years ago to eager pre-pandemic audiences, Downtown Abbey, the big-screen sequel to the UK -created and -set series that ran across six seasons and 52 episodes, substantially outpaced its modest...
Now Streaming: HANNIBAL, Still Hungry For Horror
Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy star in the series, now streaming on Netflix.
Review: HANNIBAL Says Goodbye
I woke up at 4:39 this morning, thinking of Hannibal, the man, the series, and the serial killer, awash in blood and viscera. Through three seasons of Hannibal, Mads Mikkelsen has redefined the character created by novelist Thomas Harris. The...
Review: HANNIBAL S1E08, FROMAGE (Or, Everyone's Getting Friend-Zoned And Are None Too Pleased About It)
This week's gruesome discovery is the body of an orchestra member left at center stage. His throat and neck have been cut open, the neck of a cello has been stuffed into his mouth, and his vocal chords have been...
HANNIBAL International Trailer Paints Mads Mikkelsen As A Sympathetic, Helpful Cannibal
[UPDATED with information on international territory sales.*] The first teaser for upcoming U.S. TV show Hannibal left the titular character, played by Mads Mikkelsen, in the shadows, but a new, extended international trailer brings him into the light as a...
Mads Mikkelsen As HANNIBAL In First Trailer. Will He Eat People On TV?
Mads Mikkelsen is good, Mads Mikkelsen can be great, but can Mads Mikkelsen convince everyone that he's Hannibal Lecter, AKA "Hannibal the Cannibal"? Mikkelsen plays the character, created by Thomas Harris in his 1981 novel Red Dragon, in a...
Blu-ray Review: The Enigma of MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
My inner crank--the part of me that wants to write angry letters to the utility companies about the electric bill being too damned high, perhaps--is unable to concede that beyond its across-the-board fine performances and taut direction, Sean Durkin's Martha...
A Few Words With MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE Director Sean Durkin
In celebration of the dvd/blu-ray release of Sean Durkin's feature directorial debut, the sombre yet stunning cult film Marthe Marcy May Marelene, he graciously popped by to have a brief chat. Let's be clear, Martha Marcy May Marlene is...
Contest: Win One of Three DVD Copies of MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
We've got three DVD copies of director Sean Durkin's thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene, which just hit home video this week.Here's the synopsis for the much talked about film: From 2011 Sundance Film Festival "Best Director" winner Sean Durkin, in...
MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE Review
In a movie year that's also giving us the high profile "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", it takes some guts to hit us with another easily jumbled four-word mouthful of a title. But that's just the kind of film this...
MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE Review
The word cult has fallen out of vogue these days which is probably all for the better. It got thrown around so liberally for so long that even the communal living group I've called home for 23 years has occasionally...
Interview with director of MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE Sean Durkin
Martha Marcy May Marlene marks the feature debut of Sean Durkin and although it has some divided over how good it is there is no doubt that many have found it highly compelling. The film tells the story of a...
London 2011: MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE Review
While cults and communes are not the exclusive domain of the United States, ones located within its borders are great fodder for artistic exploration. In the case of ones that abuse residents either physically or psychologically or both, we are...
New Trailer And Poster For MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
Another hit coming out of this year's Sundance, Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene is edging its way towards its showing at TIFF and then onto a limited US theatrical release in October. In the lead up to that, and...
New Trailers for MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
It may feel like you've been waiting forever for the release of Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene. Unfortunately you've got another couple months before the film rolls out mid October. But Fox Searchlight has at least released a couple...
MIFF11 - MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE Review
The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is in its glorious 60th year and below is a review for just one of many diverse films screening.Martha is a confused and scared girl. She leaves the conflict of her normal life behind...
SFF 2011 Day 11 - Trailer of the Day is MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
Today's pick for the Sydney Film Festival Trailer of the Day is MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE. Here's what the SFF Program says about the film: Having already received a directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Sean Durkin's stunning...
Watch John Hawkes get under Elizabeth Olsen's skin in first trailer for Sundance hit MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
Fox Searchlight has released a trailer for Martha Marcy May Marlene ahead of its Un Certain Regard screening at Cannes this month and the only way to describe it is creeeeepy. Just about everyone in Park City was buzzing about...
