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The Die is Cast

  • October 19th, 2009
  • Posted in Film

What movie, way underseen, has this cast? Evangeline Lilly (Lost), Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse, and an Oscar-non headed Jeremy Renner (The Assassination of Jesse James). The answer: The Hurt Locker–an indie (made for $ll million), written by Mark Boal (Valley of Elah), directed, superbly, by Kathryn Bigelow, and (not very arguably) the most suspenseful [ READ MORE ]

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Bob Green is a film writer (Baraka), screenwriting teacher, and a film critic. He has been writing for the Weekly for 18 years (since day 1) and is a terrific dancer.

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