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More Smoke than Fire: Fahrenheit 451 Review

Frank Mengarelli8 years ago6 years ago02 mins

HBO’s latest feature, a very modern interpretation of Ray Bradbury’s seminal novel Fahrenheit 451, almost cleared the hurdle of looking and feeling like a film that wasn’t made for television. The picture is headlined by Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon and has a production value that is comparable to HBO’s current programming; very much…

Underwhelming: Paterno Review

Sean Evans8 years ago2 years ago03 mins

HBO’s latest original film ‘Paterno’ is the latest in the ripped from the headlines/topical film from filmmaker Barry Levinson. He first began this series of film with Al Pacino with “You Don’t Know Jack”, then he teamed with Robert De Niro for last year’s “The Wizard of Lies” and now he reteamed with Al Pacino…