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Close Your Eyes
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2017-05-19
Visnjic is charismatic, sympathetic and believable in the role, and the first part of the film -- in which he's being drawn into the case against his will and then use his hypnotic skills to get inside the mind of the little girl -- is quite riveting.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Sound and Fury
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2016-02-11
Both intellectually absorbing and emotionally gripping.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Bug
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2015-11-27
As near as I can tell, it's the smallest-scale, lowest-budget, most experimental film Friedkin has ever made, as well as the most thoroughly unpleasant and off-putting -- though it builds a grisly, masochistic fascination as it powers along.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
The Reckoning
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2015-10-11
The mystery is never very compelling, Paul McGuigan's direction tends to be obvious and flat, many of the characters are stagy and unconvincing, and Bettany doesn't have anywhere near the star power to hold the movie together.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Hidden
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2015-09-15
An extraordinarily taunt and suspenseful psychological thriller.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Pipe Dream
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2015-05-30
Donovan makes us totally believe the character and his predicament, co-star Mary-Louise Parker is especially witty and winning as the film's screenwriter.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
The War Within
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2014-03-14
The film is highly critical of America's counterterrorist efforts, and not at all subtle in making the point that our stupidity and Nazi-like methods have helped create -- and vastly acerbate -- our problems.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Illusion
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2013-10-24
The star-crossed love story that takes up most of the movie-within-the-movie is strangely compelling, and Douglas gives a believable, often powerful performance as a man in the process of discovering the karmic ripple effect of a closed-off life.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Water
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2013-10-06
A film with the epic scale and fearless common-sense vision of Water is a revelation.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
The Notebook
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2013-07-03
Doesn't completely work on its own terms, mainly because its romantic casting just doesn't spark: It doesn't make us fall in love with its lovers.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Miracle
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2013-06-29
An extraordinarily exciting, absorbing and satisfying movie. Not quite "Seabiscuit," but comfortably close.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Off the Map
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2013-05-18
It's well-written, well-cast and skillfully directed in every scene, and, at the same time, it doesn't come together with enough impact to be hugely memorable.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
For Your Consideration
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2013-01-28
A rare flub for the usually spot-on director and cast.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
The Lookout
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2012-09-05
More of a leisurely paced ensemble character-study than the slam-bang traditional action gut-buster that its trailer seems to promise.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
White Noise
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2012-01-01
A not-bad ghost story that marks a comeback of sorts for its star, Michael Keaton, who hasn't top-billed a movie for almost a decade.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Spellbound
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2011-12-01
Not only is it an enormously entertaining study of a curiously American institution, it also manages to be a nail-biting competition film, an engrossing group character study and a wonderfully graceful comedy of manners.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Crash
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2011-02-15
Crash can't rise from the ashes of its pessimism.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Last Night
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2010-05-11
Rather incredibly ends up being a kind of inspirational upper.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Gracie
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2009-11-23
A familiar but rewarding little parable.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Diamonds
A review by William Arnold for Seattle Post-Intelligencer2009-04-04
A movie in which almost nothing works.Read entire review on Seattle Post-Intelligencer
