Philip Seymour Hoffman Archive

  • Movie Review – Pirate Radio (2009)

    Movie Review – Pirate Radio (2009)

    Pirate Radio does little more than present us with lots of good rock n roll, but at least it does that well. As for the story, humor, and acting; well, no so much on that front. It is never bad really, but it is also...

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  • Movie Review – Doubt (2008)

    Movie Review – Doubt (2008)

    Director: John Patrick Shanley Writer: John Patrick Shanley Genre: Drama John Patrick Shanley takes his play and adapts it into a film with two of the best actors of our time. Meryl Streep, who almost fit the role too well, was an excellent choice. She...

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  • Sidney Lumet: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

    Sidney Lumet: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

    ***Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead was reviewed a while back and in fact sparked the Sidney Lumet movie review them, so it seems all too appropriate to revisit. This movie really proves that Lumet still has it even after over 50 years of filmmaking....

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  • Movie Review – The Savages (2007)

    Movie Review – The Savages (2007)

    The Savages (2007) Director: Tamara Jenkins Writer: Tamara Jenkins Genre: Comedy/Drama Story Lenny Savage (Philip Bosco) is getting too old to be able to take care of himself so his children Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Wendy (Laura Linney) have to come to help him...

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