Articles by Scott A. Gray

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  The Campaign [Blu-Ray]

  Jay Roach

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

  Considering the unexpected political leanings of The Other Guys and Will Ferrell's gift for embodying the absurdity of big, dumb, powerful...

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  The Speak

  Anthony Pierce

  PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2012

  Some people just aren't good at things. And that's fine. But a problem arises when a highly economical (read: cheap) format enables almost...

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  Chained [Blu-Ray]

  Jennifer Lynch

  PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2012

  In the film's perceptive and frank commentary, director/screenwriter Jennifer Lynch adamantly states that Chained isn't a horror film; rath...

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  Dal Puri Diaspora

  Richard Fung

  PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2012

  Just how much do you know about roti? No matter your level of culinary worldliness, there's likely something to be learned in Toronto-bas...

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  Cold Steel

  David Wu

  PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2012

  Any potential displayed by the serene opening of frequent John Woo collaborator David Wu's pseudo-philosophical war film, Cold Steel, is qu...

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  Graceland

  Ron Morales

  PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2012

  The opening scene of Ron Morales' bleak, discomfiting kidnapping thriller lays its intentions bare. A little girl begs a man sleeping in a...

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  The Woodsman and the Rain

  Shuichi Okita

  PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2012

  With The Woodsman and the Rain, director Shuichi Okita has composed a graceful picture that very deliberately uses the language of cinema t...

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  Wreck-It Ralph

  Rich Moore

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2012

  While its charms are ample and its voice talent superb, Disney's nostalgic tribute to the villains and heroes of the arcade age burns throu...