Articles by Joseph Belanger

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  The Grand Seduction

  Don McKellar

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2014

  There are essentially two levels of persuasion at play in Toronto-born director Don McKellar's The Grand Seduction, a remake of the 2003 Qu...

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  Nymphomaniac

  Lars von Trier

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2014

  There is a disclaimer at the very onset of Nymphomaniac, Lars von Trier's controversial four-hour epic about one woman's sexual affliction,...

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  Need for Speed

  Scott Waugh

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2014

  Need for Speed needs many things, but speed is not one of them. It's got plenty of that already, along with plenty of flashy cars, impressi...

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  Nebraska

  Alexander Payne

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2014

  Although the majority of us see life in vibrant colour, a black and white movie has the ability to present life to us at its most plain and...

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  August: Osage County

  John Wells

  PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2014

  August: Osage County may prove to be a bit much for the claustrophobic among you. Director John Wells (The Company Men) crams as many drama...

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  Frozen

  Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee

  PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2013

  In the spirit of winter miracles, Disney's latest fairy tale adventure Frozen is easily their greatest effort in the genre since Beauty and...

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  Guys And Dolls [Blu-Ray]

  Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2012

  Guys and Dolls is one of those classical Hollywood musicals where people don't simply walk down the street, but rather do so with a pronoun...

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  Strangers On A Train [Blu-Ray]

  Alfred Hitchcock

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2012

  This is why people avoid making eye contact on the subway today. In Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951), two men accidentally bu...