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Steve Persall

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Vertigo

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By Alfred Hitchcock, Steve Persall, Janet Maslin
| Metacritic
I am a massive Hitchcock fan; this great director ain't called the Master of Suspense for nothing. Anyway, Vertigo is one of the truly great ****. It is a thriller of undeniable complexity not only in plot but also in characterisation. It is implausible too i give you that. I will admit the first time I saw this, I didn't understand this, then again this is the sort of film that you need to see more than once. In all departments, this movie is a masterpiece and my all time favourite Hitchcock.
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Review: 'Ghostbusters' is back and it's not bad - get used to it (w/video)

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By Steve Persall
| Tampa Bay Times
Relax, trolls. Your precious Ghostbusters are in good hands. Not great mitts like Bill Murray's but good enough to silence the online rabble, a backward, sexist bunch. We should now hold the truth as self-evident, that all Ghostbusters are created equal, even women, especially those as comically gifted as those in Paul Feig's reboot. Sure, Melissa McCarthy has ripped into funnier material, Kristen Wiig shouldn't get stuck playing straight woman, and Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones are rough diamonds.
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Bryan Cranston and Tampa Bay share starring roles in 'The Infiltrator'

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By Steve Persall
| Tampa Bay Times
Florida is a special place for Emmy and Tony winner Bryan Cranston, not only because his new movie The Infiltrator was largely filmed in Tampa Bay. There's also the fact that Cranston made his stage debut nearly 40 years ago at the Daytona Playhouse, and his cousins live in Fort Lauderdale. Then there's Uncle Bob. "Ah, yes, Uncle Bob," Cranston said backstage before Wednesday's U.S. premiere of The Infiltrator at Tampa Theatre.
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