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Amy Ryan the latest amazing person to join Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg/Coen brothers collaboration

Amy Ryan, an Oscar nominee for Gone Baby Gone and essential supporting player in most everything else, is set to star opposite Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming, untitled Cold War thriller. As if the flick didn’t already have an impressive pedigree, Matt Charman’s screenplay was recently retooled by the freaking Coen brothers. Based on […]

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Television Revision: The Wire – Season 2

Television Revision: The Wire – Season 2. Starring Dominic West, Idris Elba, and Chris Bauer. Rated MA. By Andrew Williams. Television Revision is a weekly feature in which our tuned in TV critic trawls through the best the box has to offer, giving you a primer on some of history’s finest shows (and warning you […]

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Larry David movie gets official title and impressive cast

Larry David has had no difficulty securing impressive guest stars for his hit show Curb Your Enthusiasm, and so it goes for his upcoming HBO feature film Clear History. According to The Hollywood Reporter, David will star opposite Jon Hamm, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan, Eva Mendes, Philip Baker Hall, Kate Hudson, and his Curb co-star […]

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An accurate title – Win Win review

Win Win – Starring Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan and Alex Schaffer. Directed by Thomas McCarthy. Rated M. Originally published July 25, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. When you see the Fox Searchlight logo before a film, you know what you’re getting yourself into. For some people, it’s a portent as ominous as a black cat straddling a rabid red-eyed dog as it races under a […]

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An accurate title – Win Win review

Win Win – Starring Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan and Alex Schaffer. Directed by Thomas McCarthy. Rated M. Originally published July 25, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. This review was first run  – in slightly shorter form – during the Melbourne International Film Festival. Win Win is now screening nationally. When you see the Fox Searchlight logo before […]

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>Trailer Debut: Win Win

>The trailer for Sundance hit Win Win, starring Oscar-nominees Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan, has debuted online. Win Win tells the tale of an attorney/volunteer high school wrestling coach (Giamatti) who takes a troubled teen (Alex Shaffer) under his wing and preps him for some athletic victories. Looking past that incredibly clichéd synopsis, this film […]

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Jack Goes Boating trailer debut

Jack may indeed go boating, but it seems Philip Seymour Hoffman has gone directing. For your viewing pleasure, here is the brand new trailer for Hoffman’s directorial debut, Jack Goes Boating. Hoffman stars as a lonely limo driver (with dreadlocks!) who begins dating the sweet Connie (Amy Ryan), while the relationship of the couple who […]

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