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About Ted Metrakas

Ted Metrakas is a Brooklyn-based writer and philosopher and longtime contributor to Film-Forward. You can find his other keen observations and sharp cultural critiques on his website, tedmetrakas.substack.com, or find and read his philosophy books Another New Word and Underground Horizon at these links.

Out of the Furnace

Directed by Scott Cooper
Produced by Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Kavanaugh, Ridley Scott & Michael Costigan
Written by Cooper & Brad Ingelsby
Released by Relativity. 116 min. Rated R
With Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë Saldana & Sam Shepard
The opening scene of Out of the Furnace is one of the best […]

By |December 5th, 2013|Crime, Drama, Top Picks|0 Comments
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Oldboy

Directed by Spike Lee
Written by Mark Protosevich, based on the Korean motion picture by Park Chan-wook
Produced by Roy Lee, Doug Davison & Nathan Kahane;
Released by Film District
USA. 98 min. Rated R
With Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Imperioli, Linda Emond, James Ransone & Pom Klementieff
It’s difficult to discuss Spike Lee’s Oldboy, […]

By |November 27th, 2013|Crime, Psychological thriller|0 Comments
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