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Dec 11, 2016

Miss Sloane

Miss Sloane would like you to know that lobbying is a blood sport, a winner-take-all affair in which tactics trump ideas and those who…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Nov 13, 2016

Arrival

Arrival is a splendidly restrained science fiction film, one that in fact may not become as successful as it deserves to be because of the…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Oct 16, 2016

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train would seem to to have all the surface qualities we want in an adaptation of a bestselling…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Mar 12, 2016

10 Cloverfield Lane

10 Cloverfield Lane is J.J. Abrams playing with us and doing it well. When the trailer appeared online a couple of months…

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Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Jan 31, 2016

Room

If you’re checking off Oscar films this month and get to Lenny Abrahamson‘s Room, then take a moment to stop and appreciate the work of Brie Larson…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Jan 2, 2016

The Big Short

The Big Short is a terrifically angry film, and it is also a necessary one. Adam McKay’s adaptation of Michael Lewis’s book about the…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Oct 20, 2015

Crimson Peak (mild spoilers)

In a world where the franchise is King, referring to a filmmaker as a “genre director” means their career is…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Sep 12, 2015

Digging for Fire

A pocket-sized story of a L.A. marriage that comes to a crossroads which wasn’t on the map. Lee (Rosemarie DeWitt) and Tim (Jake…