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Comment on REVIEW: A Dangerous Method by SPOTLIGHT: Michael Fassbender | CyniCritics

SPOTLIGHT: Michael Fassbender | CyniCritics — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:23:11 +0000

[...] A Dangerous Method- Dr. Carl Jung could’ve been a villain, but Fassbender plays him as a deeply conflicted, ultimately pathetic everyman. Along with Sigmund Freud, he layed the foundations for modern day psychoanalysis. As it turns out, he also had kinky sex with his patient, the brilliant but hysterical doctor Sabina Spielren. The way Fassbender unleashes his animalistic desires with her only to go home to his docile wife and their comfortable residence on a Swiss lake shows him and director David Cronenberg at the peak of their powers. [...]

Comment on The Ten Most Overrated Movies Ever by matterspamer

matterspamer — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:14:46 +0000

We may write one some day!

Comment on The Ten Most Overrated Movies Ever by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:51:42 +0000

where is the list of 10 most underrated films?

Comment on REVIEW: The Adventures of Tintin by BEST PICTURE NOMINEE: War Horse | CyniCritics

BEST PICTURE NOMINEE: War Horse | CyniCritics — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:45:20 +0000

[...] his second movie of 2011 (released only a few days after The Adventures of Tintin), Steven Spielberg has made one of the most quietly beautiful films of the year and his career. [...]

Comment on REVIEW: X-Men: First Class by SPOTLIGHT: Michael Fassbender | CyniCritics

SPOTLIGHT: Michael Fassbender | CyniCritics — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:51 +0000

[...] X-Men: First Class- Without Fassbender’s take on Magneto, this X-Men would’ve been lost among the other summer wreckage. Thanks to him and the inventive direction of Matthew Vaughan, though, it was a summer action movie with an explosive, tormented character at its center. Fassbender captures this soon-to-be supervillain’s rage and pain, making us see how he became a monster even if we ultimately don’t sympathize with him. [...]

Comment on REVIEW: Fish Tank by SPOTLIGHT: Michael Fassbender | CyniCritics

SPOTLIGHT: Michael Fassbender | CyniCritics — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:47 +0000

[...] Fish Tank- Fassbender is a supporting character in Andrea Arnold’s explosive Fish Tank, but he steals every scene he’s in. Connor at first appears to be a man who can finally bring the vicious Mia and her boozing mother together. Then, he cheats on the mom with the daughter, which sets the already fuming narrative ablaze. Fassbender again injects charm into a character who could’ve been pure sleaze. As a result, it’s a somewhat complex portrait of a man at the mercy of his sexual whims who tries to reconcile it by being the nice guy. [...]

Comment on REVIEW: Shame by SPOTLIGHT: Michael Fassbender | CyniCritics

SPOTLIGHT: Michael Fassbender | CyniCritics — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:44 +0000

[...] Shame- Not to be outdone for his kinky, fully clothed performance as Dr. Jung, Fassbender bears/bares it all in his second collaboration with Steve McQueen. He plays the sex addict known simply as Brandon, whose life is illustrated through his sexual interactions with women and his intrusive, flamboyant sister (Carey Mulligan). The film itself is an exercise in misery for misery’s sake, but the acting is extraordinary, with Fassbender creating another physically and emotionally devastating portrait for McQueen. This movie also could’ve been called Hunger. [...]

Comment on 12 Movies to Watch For in 2012 by Branden

Branden — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:58:36 +0000

I agree, except for Dark Shadows. It’s looks like the same thing. Tim Burton, do something different than another gothic picture with Johnny Depp.

Comment on REVIEW: The Iron Lady by CMrok93

CMrok93 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:15:15 +0000

Streep’s performance is so true and so uncannily accurate, so full and so complete in its understanding, that she is fascinating every second she is onscreen. As for the film itself, the structure is a bit off and the screenplay doesn’t really give us much else other than a history lesson, but a good history lesson at that. Nice review Matt.

Comment on REVIEW: The Tree of Life by 12 Movies to Watch For in 2012 | CyniCritics

12 Movies to Watch For in 2012 | CyniCritics — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:03:28 +0000

[...] Time and the other currently untitled, Malick has two chances to top his career peak last year in The Tree of Life. Voyage of Time, which lists Brad Pitt and Emma Thompson as the only people in the movie, claims [...]