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Review: 127 Hours

You have to wonder why so many recent films have featured people trapped in a confined or isolated place: Frozen , Devil , Buried , and now Danny Boyle's jazzy and harrowing account of the true story of Aron Ralston.
Danny Boyle and James Franco go out on a limb
By PETER KEOUGH  |  November 12, 2010

Interview with Danny Boyle ("127 Hours")


Quite the contrast between interviewing Danny Boyle, promoting  "127 Hours," and the other big name British director I chatted with last month, Stephen Frears,  promoting...
By Peter Keough  |  November 10, 2010
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Review: Sin Nombre

Films like Sin nombre exploit their subjects as much as they empathize with them.
An artificially "realistic" sensibility
By PETER KEOUGH  |  April 01, 2009
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Keough sweeps Oscars

Is our Phoenix film editor good, or what? This past week, Peter Keough predicted six major Oscar categories and earlier went out on a limb and called the two short-subject winners.
Way better than average
By CLIF GARBODEN  |  February 25, 2009
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Oscar predictions: Liberal gilt

It's like a fairy tale for Hollywood liberals.
Oscar wants to be a Millionaire
By PETER KEOUGH  |  February 17, 2009
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Martyr complex

This year the Oscars will honor the men who suffer for our sins and the women who don't wear make-up.
Oscar suffers for our sins
By PETER KEOUGH  |  January 13, 2009
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Terror masala

After living in fear of terrorism for more than half a decade, it’s something of a relief to sit in the dark at the Somerville Theatre and . . . laugh at it.
Bollywood introduces the singing, dancing terrorist
By SEETHA NARAYAN  |  November 25, 2008
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Whiz kid

Slumdog Millionaire is a magical misery tour
Slumdog Millionaire is a magical misery tour
By PETER KEOUGH  |  November 18, 2008
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Slumdog slumming?(1)

Danny Boyle goes to extremes in Millionaire
Danny Boyle goes to extremes in Millionaire
By PETER KEOUGH  |  November 18, 2008
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Making us stronger

I’m back from the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival, where the unexpected hit among discerning critics was a Boston-made crime melodrama.
Boston’s What Doesn’t Kill You scores at Toronto
By GERALD PEARY  |  September 17, 2008
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Sound bites

In space, so the tag line for Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi thriller Alien goes, nobody can hear you scream.
Sunshine sheds little light on the sci-fi genre
By PETER KEOUGH  |  July 18, 2007
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Cinema of Shadows

It’s not likely, but Judd Apatow’s pitch for Knocked Up might have sounded something like this.
We’re five years into the Iraq crisis, and Hollywood hasn't made a film about the war. Or is  every film is about the war?
By PETER KEOUGH  |  June 06, 2007
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28 Weeks Later

A repeat outbreak is 20 seconds and one bloody kiss away, and the Yanks are taking no prisoners.
A bloody fine sequel to a bioterror classic
By PEG ALOI  |  May 17, 2007
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Fractured fairy tales

Times are tough when the Dream Factory has a better grip on what’s going on than the people in Washington.
Fantasy and reality compete for the box office in 2007
By PETER KEOUGH  |  December 28, 2006

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