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Review: Burn After Reading

— bluemoviereviews.wordpress.com — The Coen Brothers’ latest dark farce hides a chilly core. After two and a half decades, is... there any doubt that the Coen Brothers are a major force within American cinema? After so many critically-lauded efforts and rooms full of awards, ... (more) Review: Burn After Reading

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Burn After Reading

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Twitch: Film & DVD Reviews (Work-Safe) — Ricardo de Montreuil’s sophomore feature Máncora practices what it preaches. It’s truly a film where the journey—not the destination—is important. Though this has dissatisfied several critics since its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, I had no trouble joining this youthful attractive cast on their road trip from Lima’s wintry claustrophobia to the seeming escape of Peru’s infamous surfer beach Máncora, nor did I have difficulty accepting the film’s narrative caution that—though you can escape a place or a season—you can’t escape your own measure of original sin, which proves to be the case for each of ...