THE ILLUSIONIST

Written by Jacques TatiAdapted and Directed by Sylvain ChometVoices by Jean-Claude Donda and Eilidh RankinThe Illusionist (written on a card): Magicians do not exist.It can’t be easy to be an aging magician, especially one who has to work so tirelessly just to get by. The title character in French director, Sylvain Chomet’s latest work of...

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DHOBI GHAT

Written and Directed by Kiran RaoStarring Prateik, Monica Dogra and Aamir KhanI learned a new word the other day – “hindie”. Basically, this is an amalgamation of “Hindi” and “indie”, the former being an Indian language and the latter being the term we have come to associate with films made outside the studio system. You will have to pardon...

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Tis the Season: The Academy Award Nominations

(Scroll over any film title for the full Black Sheep review.)I know it's late but I just got in not too long ago from that meeting. I have now seen the nominations for the 83rd edition of the Academy Awards, which I recorded so I could pretend like I saw them live. This actually worked. I was tense as Mo'Nique called out the nominations...

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Tis the Season: Black Sheep's 2010 Oscar predictions

So my boss just called me and told me that I have to attend a business breakfast meeting tomorrow at 8:30 AM. I'm sure he didn't notice but it was almost like he was canceling Christmas for me because, as I'm sure you must already know, the Academy Award nominations are being announced at, you guessed it, 8:30 AM (EST) tomorrow. At the...

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The Next Three Days (2010)

Genre: Crime/DramaStarring: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Ty SimpkinsThe life of a happily married couple gets disrupted when Lara (Banks) gets arrested for the murder of her boss which she apparently did in a fit of rage. John (Crowe) is convinced that his wife was not responsible for the murder and is finding it hard to live with the...

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Black Sheep presents The 2010 Mouton d'Or Awards

It is my pleasure today to announce to you the 2010 Mouton d'Or Award nominations. This is the sixth year Black Sheep Reviews has produced this list and this year's nominees are some of the strongest contenders we've ever had. Leading this year's charge is David Fincher's THE SOCIAL NETWORK, with a total of eight nominations, including...

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Henry's Crime (2010)

Genre: Crime/Drama/Romance/ComedyStarring: Keanu Reaves, Vera Farmiga, James Caan, Peter StormareWhat happens when you go to jail for a crime you never committed? Henry (Reaves) found himself in that position when he became unintentionally the getaway driver for a bank robbery he never knew he was a part of. After getting out on parole, he...

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THE COMPANY MEN

Written and Directed by John WellsStarring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt and Kevin CostnerPhil Woodward: You know what's the worst part? The world didn't stop. I mean, my life ended and nobody noticed.I’m not sure if you were aware of this but the world’s financial markets crashed hard in the later part of...

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No One Killed Jessica (2011)

Genre: Biography/Drama/CrimeStarring: Vidya Balan, Rani Mukerji, Myra Karn, Mohammed Zeeshan AyubThe sensational Jessica Lal murder case rocked the Indian society back in 1999 and put a question mark on the countries judiciary, political and law enforcement system. Jessica (Karn) was an average Delhi girl who aspired to be a model. One night,...

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Best of Black Sheep: Black Sheep interviews Ryan Reynolds

Good and BuriedAn interview with Ryan Reynolds(with Rodrigo Cortes)If you want to get to know who Ryan Reynolds is as an actor, you will have to dig a little deeper past his title role in VAN WILDER, even though it made him an underground goofball god.And you will have to go deeper still past his turn opposite Sandra Bullock in THE PROPOSAL,...

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Tis the Season: The BAFTA's

(Scroll over any film title for the full Black Sheep review.)THE KING'S SPEECH may have lost the Golden Globe this weekend to THE SOCIAL NETWORK but thanks to its strong showing across the pond at the BAFTA's, the British Academy Award if you will, it is now back on track for a big splash at the Oscars. THE KING'S SPEECH leads the BAFTA...

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