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Review: 127 Hours
Danny Boyle and James Franco go out on a limb
You have to wonder why so many recent films have featured people trapped in a confined or isolated place: Frozen , Devil , Buried , and now Danny Boyle's jazzy and harrowing account of the true story of Aron Ralston.
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PETER KEOUGH
| February 24, 2011
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Review: Sin Nombre
An artificially "realistic" sensibility
Films like Sin nombre exploit their subjects as much as they empathize with them.
By
PETER KEOUGH
| April 01, 2009
Keough sweeps Oscars
Way better than average
Is our Phoenix film editor good, or what? This past week, Peter Keough predicted six major Oscar categories and earlier went out on a limb and called the two short-subject winners.
By
CLIF GARBODEN
| February 25, 2009
Oscar predictions: Liberal gilt
Oscar wants to be a Millionaire
It's like a fairy tale for Hollywood liberals.
By
PETER KEOUGH
| February 18, 2009
2009 Oscar predictions
Martyr complex
This year the Oscars will honor the men who suffer for our sins and the women who don't wear make-up.
By
PETER KEOUGH
| February 11, 2009
Terror masala
Bollywood’s colorful, multi-genre musicals serve up their most interesting character yet: the singing, dancing terrorist.
After living in fear of terrorism for more than half a decade, it’s something of a relief to sit in the dark at the Somerville Theatre and . . . laugh at it.
By
SEETHA NARAYAN
| December 02, 2008
Whiz kid
Slumdog Millionaire is a magical misery tour
Slumdog Millionaire is a magical misery tour
By
PETER KEOUGH
| February 24, 2009
Interview: Danny Boyle
Slumdog slumming?
Danny Boyle goes to extremes in Millionaire
By
PETER KEOUGH
| February 24, 2009
Making us stronger
Boston’s What Doesn’t Kill You scores at Toronto
I’m back from the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival, where the unexpected hit among discerning critics was a Boston-made crime melodrama.
By
GERALD PEARY
| September 17, 2008
Sound bites
Sunshine sheds little light on the sci-fi genre
In space, so the tag line for Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi thriller Alien goes, nobody can hear you scream.
By
PETER KEOUGH
| July 18, 2007
Cinema of Shadows
We’re five years into the Iraq crisis, and Hollywood hasn't made a film about the war. Or is every film is about the war?
It’s not likely, but Judd Apatow’s pitch for Knocked Up might have sounded something like this.
By
PETER KEOUGH
| June 06, 2007
28 Weeks Later
A bloody fine sequel to a bioterror classic
A repeat outbreak is 20 seconds and one bloody kiss away, and the Yanks are taking no prisoners.
By
PEG ALOI
| May 17, 2007
Fractured fairy tales
Fantasy and reality compete for the box office in 2007
Times are tough when the Dream Factory has a better grip on what’s going on than the people in Washington.
By
PETER KEOUGH
| December 28, 2006
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Mary Poppins
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