Tag: Ryan Gosling

Film review: THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, from Built For Speed

For the life of me I can’t understand the fuss about Ryan Gosling.  He has been dubbed the actor of his generation but to my mind that honour firmly belongs to Michael Fassbender.  For me Gosling’s minimalist acting and smirking arrogant manner have stopped most of his films cold.  A movie with the right script and sympathetic direction, however, can

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Film review: GANGSTER SQUAD, from Built For Speed

Shifting awkwardly from solid crime-busting drama to cartoonish, ultra-violent action film, Gangster Squad doesn’t know if it wants to be The Untouchables or Dick Tracy.  Allegedly based on fact, the film depicts the nefarious empire of gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) a vicious New York hood and former boxer who, in the late 40’s, set up his own chapter of

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