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The Looming Tower gets underway with a slow but solid hour
A man stands outside a door, unwelcome and out of place. He’s alert, focused, uncertain. When his moment comes, and a…
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It's all bitter in the final chapter of Wormwood
“You think that finding the answer to this is gonna restore the path of your own life. But how can it possibly do that…
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Wormwood breaks through the frame and looks at the picture
“Something has troubled me. I never recall having told Mrs. Olson anything that was flatly untrue. I did allow her to…
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Wormwood digs up Frank Olson's body and looks through the CIA's assassination manual
“It was what Kierkegaard would call almost a dizziness of freedom. You can ask this question, and you have to live with…
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Wormwood spins its wheels slightly as Dr. Lashbrook and germ warfare enter the picture
“You’re losing control, Frank. Are you forgetting the premium placed on control?”—-Dr. Harold Abramson, Wormwood
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In spite of the Colby documents, Wormwood doesn't know what happened in that room
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” —John 8:32, King James Bible
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Wormwood opens with a mysterious death, LSD, and the CIA... and it only gets stranger from there
“And the third angel sounded. And there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp. And it fell upon the…
Peter Sarsgaard’s number is up in first The Magnificent Seven trailer
The first trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven remake has just been released, and it sets the stage for…
In Shattered Glass, the skeptic gets the hero edit
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: In honor of …
The Gotham Awards nominations are here to kick off awards season
This week’s disturbance in the Force wasn’t just about Star Wars—don’t get us wrong, it was mostly about Star Wars, but…
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Experimenter fascinates when focusing on Stanley Milgram’s work, not his life
With his slightly reptilian gaze and carefully measured vocal cadence, Peter Sarsgaard makes an ideal Stanley Milgram…
It’s more about the work than the money for Experimenter star Peter Sarsgaard
Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They…
Peter Sarsgaard to pack his bags and head to Twin Peaks
TV Line is reporting that Peter Sarsgaard is the latest Hollywood out-of-towner to relocate to the quiet Pacific…
Johnny Depp flexes his acting muscles in the second Black Mass trailer
We saw a close-up of Johnny Depp’s menacing take on real-life gangster Whitey Bulger in the first trailer for Black Mass…
Jim Gaffigan fakes electrocution in the trailer for Experimenter
How mean can you get people to be to famous nice guy Jim Gaffigan, just by asking politely? That’s the question at the…
The Magnificent Seven has found its villain
Sony and MGM’s live-action reboot of A Bug’s Life, The Magnificent Seven, may have finally found its villain. Variety is…
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The Slap searches for a sense of control in a chaotic world (and on NBC)
The Slap is a ridiculous title for an even more ridiculous-sounding premise. However, the original Australian…
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Jesse Eisenberg makes Night Moves in Kelly Reichardt’s moody new thriller
Outsiders have always fascinated Kelly Reichardt. Think of the fugitive lovers of River Of Grass, Will Oldham’s aging…