Posts by Kevin Lincoln
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Who Is Winning the Hunger Games of the Young Actors in ‘The Hunger Games’?
Eyeing the Hollywood futures of Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, and Josh Hutcherson.
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‘Bad Turn Worse’ and a Great Year for the Indie Thriller
‘Bad Turn Worse’ doesn’t reach the highs of ‘Blue Ruin’ or ‘The Guest,’ which is fine. What it does do is tell a story and tell it very well.
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‘Jack Reacher’ Invented 2014
Everything comes from somewhere. In 2014, a lot of it is coming from ‘Jack Reacher.’
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The Man Who Could Be Hanks: Jeff Daniels’s Almost-Stardom
It is the year 2014, and starting this weekend, Jeff Daniels will deliver one of the most delightful and satisfying cultural ironies in the history of American popular entertainment: He’ll star in ‘The Newsroom’ and ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ at the same time.
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The Christopher Nolan School for Fallen Stars
In all of Nolan’s blockbuster films, he has shown a taste for (male) actors who were once leading men and now have about as much place in Hollywood as a projectionist. He will go out of his way to cast actors like this in his movies, even if their parts are insignificant or fleeting. He fills the worlds of his film with men he thinks have gravity.
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The Magic of Daniel Radcliffe
The Boy Who Lived is defining his own existence.
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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Year of Living Dangerously
He’ll never be a movie star. Fortunately, he’s become something better.
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Uncommon Bird: Edward Norton’s Abandoned Movie Stardom
The sense that Edward Norton has deserved better roles than what he’s gotten over the past 10 years is both hard to shake and not particularly instructive. It could be Norton’s fault. It could be Hollywood’s. It could be an act of God.
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Why Don’t Our Best Directors Make More Sequels?
There won’t be a ‘Big Lebowski 2.’ But why not?
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Bill Murray, Movie Star vs. Bill Murray, Meme
Why everyone’s favorite living legend overwhelms ‘St. Vincent.’
