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The Best of Michael Keaton (15 movies items)
" Walter 'Robby' Robinson "We've got two stories here: a story about degenerate clergy, and a story about a bunch of lawyers turning child abuse into a cottage industry. Which story do you want us to write? Because we're writing one of them.""
The Best of Mark Ruffalo (15 movies items)
" Mike Rezendes "It's time, Robby! It's time! They knew and they let it happen! To KIDS! Okay? It could have been you, it could have been me, it could have been any of us. We gotta nail these scumbags! We gotta show people that nobody can get away with this; Not a priest, or a cardinal or a freaking pope!""
The Best of Rachel McAdams (15 movies items)
" Sacha Pfeiffer "He didn't try and hide it at all. He had this really odd rationalization for it, like it was totally normal to fool around with little boys.""
My Favorite Films of 2015 (25 movies items)
" "We've got two stories here: a story about degenerate clergy, and a story about a bunch of lawyers turning child abuse into a cottage industry. Which story do you want us to write? Because we're writing one of them." Directed by Tom McCarthy Written by Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Music by Howard Shore Cinematography by Masanobu Takayanagi Editing by Tom McArdle "
β'Spotlight' to me was a very worthy Best Picture winner. Even if it didn't do much for me, which it did, it would still be appreciated for what it set out to do and would have been applauded for trying.
It took on a very heavy subject, that is still very much relevant today, and does it in a way that's riveting with a strong emotional core, strong insight that illuminates and tells of stuff that we didn't know (that leaves us shocked and very angry) and not fall into the trap of having too much of things that we knew already. It also never feels mawkish or preachy, traps that it also could have fallen into.
While it is a deliberate and relatively slow-paced film, it didn't leave me bored for a second, instead gluing me in with its excellent performances across the boardβ read more
Favorite Drama Films: 2014-2015 (44 movies items)
" Directed by: Tom McCarthy Produced by: Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, and Michael Sugar Written by: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Cinematography: Masanobu Takayanagi Edited by: Tom McArdle Music by: Howard Shore Distributed by: Open Road Films"
1001 Movies ... my own version (2010's) (100 movies items)
" Notes: I thought it was a pretty good story, with some solid directing and a very strong cast (Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup). The realistic approach worked fine as well and it was really neat that they didnβt add any sub-plots about the romantic or family lives of the involved reporters. And, yet, somehow, the whole thing didnβt really blow me away. I mean, I do have a weak spot for the genre and I really loved βAll the Presid"
1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)
" Notes: I thought it was a pretty good story, with some solid directing and a very strong cast (Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup). The realistic approach worked fine as well and it was really neat that they didnβt add any sub-plots about the romantic or family lives of the involved reporters. And, yet, somehow, the whole thing didnβt really blow me away. I mean, I do have a weak spot for the genre and I really loved βAll the Presid"
