Articles by Mark Carpenter

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  Saving Private Ryan [Blu-Ray]

  Steven Spielberg

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2010

  Saving Private Ryan, now available on Blu-Ray, must stand as one of the most influential movies of the last 15 years. At the time, its shoc...

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  The Other Man

  Richard Eyre

  PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2010

  Set in the glamorous fashion capitals of Europe, The Other Man boasts a first-rate cast (Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Antonio Banderas), a Sh...

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  Margaret Cho: Beautiful

  Lorene Machado

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2009

  Margaret Cho: Beautiful is the comedian's fifth concert video, and it acts as a record of Cho at a stage in her career where she really doe...

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  In The Loop

  Armando Iannucci

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2009

  In The Loop is derived from the BBC political comedy series The Thick Of It. Both revolve largely around the machinations of belligerent, p...

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  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  John Ford

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2009

  John Ford's 1962 film, made near the end of his long career, is a product of a particularly strange juncture in the history of the Western....

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  Le Tueur

  Cédric Anger

  PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2009

  Le Tueur is the feature film debut of former Cahiers De Cinema critic Cédric Anger. It starts off vividly depicting the desperation...

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  Elegy

  Isabel Coixet

  PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2009

  Elegy tells the story of David Kapesh, an author, academic and minor television personality who is also an enthusiastic womanizer. The earl...

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  Changeling

  Clint Eastwood

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2009

  At age 78, Clint Eastwood has had what might be an unprecedented run of sterling late career work, beginning with Mystic River in 2003, con...