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"Overnight" Stars Rachel Blanchard and James D'Arcy in Boring Flight Romance

By Brian Miller
Apr 19, 2012

Jenny and Tom (Rachel Blanchard and James D'Arcy) meet on the rebound during a redeye flight from L.A. to New York and strike up one of those weirdly intimate and confessional in-flight relationships that exist only in movies about flying. Around them are a few supporting players (including Anthony LaPaglia...
"Man on a Ledge" Goes Thud With Wrong-Man Thriller Schtick

By Brian Miller
Jan 26, 2012

The hero of the red-herring heist flick Man on a Ledge draws two reactions from the Manhattan throng beneath his 21st-floor perch on a midtown hotel. The first, of course, is the predictable "just get it over with" impatience of New Yorkers impeded by police barricades. The second is unlikely...
"The Grey" Could Be Better, if Only Liam Neeson Punched More Wolves in the Face

By Brian Miller
Jan 26, 2012

If you crash Liam Neeson and six disposable buddies in the frozen Alaskan wilderness, there is the expectation — nay, the requirement — that Neeson punch as many wolves as possible. Tape pocketknives and broken glass to your fists, improvise other weapons from the plane wreckage — just do what's...
"Seducing Charlie Barker" Tries for Woody Allen Without Woody Allen

By Brian Miller
Dec 22, 2011

An arrogant, struggling actor leaves his wife for a sexy, unstable younger woman, which would be a perfectly serviceable starting point for Ibsen or Woody Allen. Yet in adapting her recent play The Scene, Theresa Rebeck can't find a consistent tone for her material or players. Charlie (Stephen Barker Turner)...
You Know How This Ends: Sad Tale of an Orphaned Orca in "The Whale"

By Brian Miller
Dec 8, 2011

This gentle, Bambi-level-sad documentary is about an orphaned killer whale named Luna who never harmed anybody and only wanted to be loved. Separated from his pod near Vancouver Island, Canada, he begged for human contact and play, posed for photographs, nuzzled boats, frolicked with logs and buoys, allowed children to...

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