Upper East Side Film

Insightful Perspectives on Upper East Side Movies

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Birdman

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         A complex film that at its core is a simple story of a washed up Hollywood actor looking for redemption, "Birdman" ques...
Saturday, October 18, 2014

Whiplash

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    Truly exhilarating and easily one of the best films of the year, "Whiplash" takes familiar territory and  gives it a new and ...
Sunday, October 12, 2014

The Judge

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        We've seen this story countless times . A dysfunctional family drama focusing on parent/sibling conflict only to be resolved at...
Thursday, October 09, 2014

The Equalizer

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             "The Equalizer" was a TV show in the late '80's about a retired secret agent, Robert McCall, who helped peop...
Monday, October 06, 2014

Gone Girl

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          Meticulously directed by David Fincher and adapted for the screen by author Gillian Flynn, this is a very faithful version of the...
Monday, September 22, 2014

Frontera

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     Ed Harris, Eva Longoria, and Michael Pena star in this modern "western" that tackles the issues of illegal immigration from ...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

The Drop

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      Based on a short story by crime novelist Dennis  Lahane, this new drama feels like a short story and never takes on the heft of a ful...

This is Where I Leave You

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   Based on the best selling novel by Jonathan Trooper, this new comedy/drama has a screenplay by Mr. Trooper and remains pretty faithful t...
Saturday, September 06, 2014

Magic in the Moonlight

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           The latest film from writer/director Woody Allen is a light breezy romantic comedy set in the 1920's in the south of France....
Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Frank

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        Inspired by Chris Sievey, a singer who's stage name was Frank Sidebottom and always wore a giant paper-mache head, "Frank...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Calvary

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    The new film from writer/director John Michael McDonagh (The Guard) stars Brendan Gleeson in a magnificent performance as a village pri...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Love is Strange

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 John Lithgow and Alfred Molina star in this new drama from writer/director Ira Sachs. Ben (Mr. Lithgow) and George (Mr. Molina) have been ...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

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    Writer Frank Miller teams up once again with director Robert Rodriguez to bring us more tales of Sin City. If you enjoyed the original,...
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Get On Up

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    Chadwick Boseman stars as the "Godfather of Soul", James Brown in this new drama. Mr. Boseman is creating quite the career for...

Lucy

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      The new film from writer/director Luc Besson is his personal thesis on the potential of the human brain.   Mr. Besson is in the envia...
Sunday, August 03, 2014

Guardians of the Galaxy

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   The very definition of a summer popcorn movie, Marvel studios has another hit franchise in the making (the sequel has already been annou...

Begin Again

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    Mark Ruffalo and Keira Knightley star in this charming comedy/drama from the folks that brought us the film, "Once". An uncon...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Boyhood

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    Written and directed by Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" is a remarkable achievement in so many ways. The film focuses on Mason,...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

A Most Wanted Man

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  From the novel by John LeCarre, this is Phillip Seymour Hoffman's last completed film.  As with all of Mr. LeCarre's spy novels, ...
Friday, July 25, 2014

Sex Tape

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     Cameron Diaz has sunk to a new low starring with Jason Segel in this raunchy but boring comedy. The subject is appropriate for the tim...
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