Langella, Ledger shine in year's best films
Langella, Ledger shine in year's best films
Posted: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:00 pm
Langella, Ledger shine in year's best films
By Jason Wallis
News-Sentinel Film Critic
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I'm a week behind in my writing, so as an early Christmas gift
to you, here are reports on just the four-star films I've seen
lately. We'll catch up with the rest later - for now, let's just
focus on four films that have helped make my holiday season a
little brighter. All of them are "bummers," technically, but
whatever; how can a truly great movie ever leave one completely
depressed? There's nothing like a good, old-fashioned, nightmarish
Lynch/Kubrick Christmas, am I right?
"Frost/Nixon"
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