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“Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

By Daniel Barnes on February 3, 2015 • ( 4 Comments )

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974; Martin Scorsese) GRADE: A- By Daniel Barnes In the recent Australian chiller The Babadook, Essie Davis plays a widowed mother who feels trapped by parenthood. She eventually becomes a greater threat to her screeching son than the titular monster. I thought about […]

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“Against All Odds” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

By Daniel Barnes on August 25, 2014 • ( 3 Comments )

Against All Odds (1984; Taylor Hackford) GRADE: B- By Daniel Barnes The first few notes of synth-bass on the soundtrack and the fire engine red color of the opening credits unmistakably announce Against All Odds as a product of Reagan/Orwell’s 1984. However, the film’s roots lie in the […]