A generational crime drama giving us a look into how our actions, and their consequences, shape our futures and affect the lives and futures of our families, The Place Beyond the Pines has definitely earned the title of "most ambitious film of the year." Derek Cianfrance has a way of getting great performances out of his stars and is a very talented writer, so I assumed that this would be no different than Blue Valentine, in those aspects. The amount…
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The Master 2012
I like the work of Paul Thomas Anderson and he is probably one of the better directors working out there. The Master is compelling film with stellar performances, flawless direction and boring plot.
Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) is a sexually-frustrated World War II Navy vet who struggles to find his place in the world when he returns to America. He excels at mixing highly-toxic liquids into consumable alcoholic concoctions and seducing women, but neither are self-fulfilling careers. Then he meets…
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Blue Valentine 2010
Stories about love rarely appeal to me. Woman tries to get dream guy, gets helped along the way by another guy, she ends up falling for him blah blah blah... or man plays about, doesn't respect women, has a woman who is a friend, realises the error of his ways and falls for her blah blah blah. At the end there is always a fall out between the two, and then one goes chasing after the other, and it all…
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