Posts tagged Peter Sarsgaard
MOVIE REVIEW: Jackie

Mesmerizing describes the film as a whole and its incomparable lead performance from Academy Award winner Natalie Portman playing First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the immediate hours and days following her husband's 1963 assassination.  Far from a biopic and more of a psychological examination, Portman and Larrain sear the screen with emotion and imagery that is as captivating as it is difficult.  It is astonishing that it takes a foreign director to create the most empowering portrait of American history put to film in years.

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MOVIE REVIEW: Black Mass

Not to put on the school teacher hat, but let's pose a few questions and directions.  Raise your hand if Johnny Depp has let you down since 2003 when he hit the big time playing Captain Jack Sparrow and became a caricature instead of an actor?  Alright.  That's most of you.  Now, how many times did he let you down?  Twice?  Five times?  More than five?  Wow.  That's still a lot of hands.  Last question, how many of you miss Johnny Depp, The Actor who made us marvel as a serious performer back in films like "Blow" and "Donnie Brasco"  Yup, that's everyone.  Rest assured, class, "Black Mass" is here.

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