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Rocchi’s Retro Rental: Bourne Identity (2002), Bourne Supremacy (2004)
After being amazingly underwhelmed by Spider-Man 3, I actually paused to survey the summer movie landscape, and saw a barren desert littered with the phrase “Part 3.” Pirates of the Caribbean,...
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Rocchi’s Retro Rental: Rounders (1998)
Topping the box office this week is 21, a based-on-real-life drama about a crew of college kids whose card-counting ring took several casinos for a fairly large chunk of money. The film’s okay in some...
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Matt Damon Goes Into the Hereafter, and Gareth Edwards Summons Monsters
It turns out the person most surprised by Matt Damon’s latest film, “Hereafter,” is … Matt Damon. The actor didn’t think he was going to be in Clint Eastwood’s most recent film. Speaking from New York,...
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Matt Damon: Soccer and Spooky Stuff
Of course, the last time Matt Damon worked for Eastwood, he played the real-life captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar. I asked if playing a real person offers benefits, and...
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Matt Damon: Benefits With Friends, and Shaking the Disease
As interesting as it is to talk with Matt Damon about “Hereafter,” the actor’s crowded resume, past and present, means that any conversation will digress and diverge. I half-kiddingly asked Damon if...
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Hailee Steinfeld: True Grit and the Way of the West
Of course, with “True Grit” being a Coen brothers film, Hailee Steineld’s work as Mattie Ross — and the entire film — contains more than a few dark laughs. I asked Steinfeld if she expected the film to...
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Alternate Oscar Night: Substitutes and Switches
With last week’s piece of my picks for what will win the Oscar versus what should win the Oscar inspiring both lively discussions and psychotic ire, I got more than a few mails. How could I, they said,...
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The Adjustment Bureau (2.5/5), MSN Movies
Roughly inspired by a 1954 short story from the same writer who had his works turned into the films “Blade Runner,” “Total Recall” and “Paycheck,” “The Adjustment Bureau” offers what science-fiction...
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