'Masters of Sex' Is Hardly Clinical
Showtime's Masters of Sex is daring, surprising, and often beautiful, owing much to its stellar cast and writers.
29 Aug 2018
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The Sex Research Pioneers Come to Premium Cable in 'Masters of Sex'
Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan are engaging, and the first episode hints at further intrigue to come.
29 Sep 2013
The Damned United
Sheen has portrayed real life British figures who achieved popularity and notoriety in the respective industries of politics, broadcasting and sports. This is his best performance yet.
11 Mar 2010
New Moon: Wherefor Art Thou Edward?
Bella and Edward's longing for each other is what makes the series so appealing. It fully encapsulates the bliss and agony of first love or any love that would make you lie down and die for the other person.
04 Jan 2010
Underworld and Underworld: Evolution
Whereas The Matrix relied on hyper-cool outfits and the beauty of stylized action sequences to help tell its weird little story, Underworld relies on them to try to make us forget that we are watching a story this insipid.
08 Feb 2009
The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008
Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.
15 Jan 2009
Iconic - The Top 20 Male Performances of 2008
Like the gladiators of old, 2008 resembles a battle of formidable acting gods, especially when looking over the 20 choices presented below. Indeed, if anything, choosing a winner requires more of a leap of faith than any amount of critical skill - they all were that good.
13 Jan 2009
Frost/Nixon
No matter Frost/Nixon's efforts to revise it, history will never be the same.
05 Dec 2008
Frost/Nixon: An Interview with a Vampire
Frank Langella seethes and pulsates with cunning as the deposed president in 'Frost/Nixon', a far cry from the grinning cowboy executive Josh Brolin presented in 'W'.
04 Dec 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008
Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.
11 Sep 2008
Music Within
The film marks its "period" incessantly, with every clichéd backing track you can think of.
25 Oct 2007
The Queen (2006)
When acting the part of a living icon, the aim is to achieve "likeness" rather than the "like", to interpret rather than replicate.
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29 Apr 2007
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