Tim Jackson

Film Review: “Oz the Great and Powerful” — CGI Overload on The Yellow Brick Road

March 7, 2013
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Employing every trick of digital capability to astound and amaze eventually becomes little more than hocus-pocus.

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Coming Attractions in Film: March 2013

March 1, 2013
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The pre-festival film season features free screenings, a selection of international cinemas, many great documentary films, and a weekend of feminist films.

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Theater Review: New York Theater Roundup — “Clive,” “The Dance and the Railroad” and “The Flick”

February 27, 2013
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By planning ahead, and purchasing one flexpass, I was able to see a trio of plays in New York during a single weekend for well under $200 — a bargain price for world-class theater productions.

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Film Critics: Talking Serious Oscar Talk

February 21, 2013
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Few events draw more prognosticators than the Oscars, and the Arts Fuse movie critics join in on the universal guessing game. The trio agree on one thing: the field this year is rich with worthy and fascinating nominees.

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Coming Attractions in Film: February 2013

January 30, 2013
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February is a rich month for film-lovers, filled with screenings of alternative movies and film festivals. There are classics, documentaries, genre films, science fiction, appearances by filmmakers, and cinema from around the world.

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Film Review: Come Home to “Mama”

January 23, 2013
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One might call “Mama,” one of the classiest horror films in years, a case of shock and awww …

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Film review: “Broken City,” Busted Noir

January 18, 2013
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Broken City covers familiar territory, but this time it’s Marky-Mark to the rescue and he brings a gruff and troubled groundedness to the role of a man on a mission to find out The Truth in a corrupt world.

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Fuse Commentary: The Year in Film — 2012

January 14, 2013
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Fuse film critic Tim Jackson picks the best of the past year in movies, a round-up that includes some grievously overlooked documentaries, independent, and foreign films.

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Coming Attractions in Film: January 2013

December 28, 2012
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‘Tis the pre-Oscar season, but you might pause for some uncommon documentaries on the arts, sports, or farming. And take in one great revival.

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Book/Film Review: Director Werner Herzog Captures Ferocious Reality

December 16, 2012
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In his book “Ferocious Reality,” Eric Ames offers an insightful, well organized, and readable study of Werner Herzog’s documentary work that explores the director’s earliest films as well as his most recent ones.

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