staff movie picks
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Roman Polanski's Carnage is currently in theaters, but this isn't the first time the Oscar-winning director has adapted a successful stage play. Death and the Maiden is a taut thriller with excellent performances from the three leads.
~ Perry Seibert -
The fifth feature from the Broken Lizard troupe barely made a blip at the box office, though it's still got some big laughs, and features Michael Clark Duncan at his comic best.
~ Jason Buchanan -
Vietnam War-era tension invaded the Oscars when counterculture producer Bert Schneider (1933-2011), while accepting the Best Documentary award for this torrid exposé of the conflict, read a letter from the North Vietnamese government, which prompted a patriotic protest statement from emcees Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope.
~ Joe Friedrich