Out in Theaters: ‘LIGHTS OUT’
Stuffed with horror movie bromides, 'Lights Out' haunts an interesting concept with a conventional script. Maria Bello shines as a conflicted maternal figure but David F. Sandberg’s debut feature can’t…
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Out in Theaters: ‘GHOSTBUSTERS’
Paul Feig’s hotly contested 'Ghostbusters' is no cinematic scourge. In fact, it’s a rather delightful - if lightweight and basically substance-free -diversion: the epitome of true summer blockbuster fun. The…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE INFILTRATOR’
Suffering a straight-forward and busy script, Brad Furman’s 'The Infiltrator' may not deliver the highs crime-drama junkies crave but nonetheless offers compelling performances from Bryan Cranston and John Leguizamo.
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE FITS’
A brief (70 minute) foray into an experimentalist meditation on maturation, Anna Rose Holmer’s feature debut 'The Fits' is a subtle cinematic firecracker that probes fundamental metaphysical treatises of self.…
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Talking With Taika Waititi of ‘HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE’
Taika Waititi is the second coming of the New Zealand film wave, but he would never admit it. The NZ native quickly outgrew his indie roots and has evolved massively since his debut feature Eagle vs Shark, which starred frequent collaborator and Kiwi compatriot Jemaine Clement, and has gone on to deliver a string of...
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Out in Theaters: ‘HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE’
Taika Waititi spreads his wings with 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople', a genuinely hilarious and emotionally engaging tale of a naughty foster child and his surrogate uncle who venture off into…
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Out in Theaters: ‘SWISS ARMY MAN’
One of the most bizarre and bizarrely beautiful films to grace the Sundance Dramatic Competition in quite some time, 'Swiss Army Man' is not a film to be puzzled out…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE BFG’
Regardless of The BFG’s big-heart, handful of winning performances and across-the-board impressive technical marksmanship, the grueling, threadbare nature of its story marks it as one of Spielberg’s least inspired and…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE LEGEND OF TARZAN’
From the laughable script to the horrible performances, bad computer-generated imagery to asinine action beats, 'The Legend of Tarzan' is a gravely unpleasant big-budget sedative. Without anything of narrative, visual…
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The 25 Best Films of 2016 (So Far)
The year is just about half way through and with three film festivals under the belt, it seems appropriate to recount what have been the best of the year to date. We know there’s six more months of cinema coming down the drain and a lot of late arrivals usually have significant dominion over our...