Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turanis an American film critic and Lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California...
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It feels adventurous a little bit for a Hollywood film, even in this day and age. Given that it won in Venice, and the pedigree of everyone involved, that it could be quite good.
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A treasure beyond price for fans of both the classic Hammett novel and the three (that's right, three) film versions of the doomed quest for a black bird. An incredible amalgam of photos, memos, letters, reviews, whatever, this will make fans of the book or the film gasp as one unexpected delight succeeds another. With this book, wonders really do never cease.
care
So, I think if you don't care about the new 'King Kong,' you're not a movie fan.
good packaged studios stuff
This year, I think the studios have outdone themselves. They've really packaged a lot of good stuff at the end of the year.
bad films seen type
It's not just that we see bad films, but bad films of a type we've seen so many times before,
biggest came successes
It's not a new thing, ... One of the biggest successes ever in film, 'Gone With the Wind,' came from a very big best-selling book.
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It's a tradition to save the good films for the fall and the holiday season, ... Never Coming To A Theater Near You.
great people talented
It's great to see talented people have success,
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This really has a very good feeling about it. It really seems like it's going to be an involving film, really, about the nature of writing, the nature of observation, the nature of non-fiction.
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With no plot, character or dialogue worth experiencing, let alone remembering, the film merely occupies space on the screen and hopes for the best,
corner hugely jaw stuff
There is stuff at which your jaw just drops, and yet they were hugely popular, ... It's an interesting corner of film history.
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A book does not make bad jokes, drink too much or eat more than you can afford to pay for.
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This film for sure will get an Oscar nomination for Paltrow. It might even win it for her again. This is a very intensely dramatic film. It's a really agonizing role.
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I think this film makes news casting really exciting. It's a film that really holds you because it's an enormous dramatic conflict.