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This Weeks Movie Reviews: World Trade Center Directed by Oliver Stone. Written by Andrea Berloff. Based on the true life events of John and Donna McLoughlin and William and Allison Jimeno. Cinematography, Seamus McGarvey. Music, Craig Armstrong. Starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff, Jay Hernandez and Michael Shannon. Paramount Pictures, 2006. PG-13. 125 minutes. New York City on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, was beautiful. Bright, clear, warm, the kind of day that makes you want to play hooky from work to make the most of the last summery days. Oliver Stone's uncharacteristically subdued World Trade Center begins with everyday images from that lovely morning, set to a subtle but eerie score: Men roll out of bed. Cars pull from parking spots. Policemen joke with each other.Read more...
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Directed by Adam McKay. Written by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell. Cinematography, Oliver Wood. Music, Anthony Short and Alex Wurman. Starring Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Amy Adams, Molly Shannon, Gary Cole, Leslie Bibb, Greg Germann and Jane Lynch. Sony Pictures, 2006. PG-13. 105 minutes. Closing credits aren't what they used to be. Once the solemn tableau of a film's vast production staff, nowadays end credits whiz by at light speed or list the names of the director's MySpace "friends." (Thank the bloated Kevin Smith and Clerks II for the latter.) As if grips and gaffers weren't invisible enough, they now have to sort through a dog-and-pony show just to find their names in the credits. Read more...
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