Out in Theaters: ‘WIND RIVER’
Don't be deceived by Wind River's veneer of modesty or its oddly timed early August release date. This is a substantial motion picture.
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Out in Theaters: ‘DUNKIRK’
Sure to leave you visibly shell-shocked, ‘Dunkirk’ is an outstanding war epic that brings together three tales of survival amidst chaos in such briskly edited, extraordinarily structured fashion that you…
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Out in Theaters: ‘WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES’
A masterclass in blockbuster filmmaking, ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ is that improbably rare summer movie that forces you to think, feel and interact with it on the…
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Out in Theaters: ‘BABY DRIVER’
A splashy one-of-a-kind action musical, Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’ is a rip-roaring hell of a time where the flash admittedly overshadows the familiar narrative but the style is so unique…
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Out in Theaters: ‘RAW’
Make no mistake, 'Raw' will prove difficult to swallow for most, what with its unblinking depiction of human-on-human consumption, but those with a stomach of steel will be treated to…
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Out in Theaters: ‘LOGAN’
Adult-oriented 'Logan' mixes some rather heavy thematic elements in with its gory violence and hard language to create a uniquely introspective, genuinely mature but welcomely visceral superhero experience. Extremely dark…
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Out in Theaters: ‘FENCES’
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis (and the rest of the cast) are simply outstanding in the powerfully acted and supremely written 'Fences', a 1950s melodrama about a struggling African American…
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Out in Theaters: ‘LA LA LAND’
A dazzlingly rendered musical masterpiece, 'La La Land' is an unseasonably joyous throwback that marries the best elements of Golden Age Hollywood to the best elements of modern cinema. Splendidly…
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Out in Theaters: ‘MANCHESTER BY THE SEA’
‘Manchester By the Sea’ is a thoughtfully rendered, grief-loaded New England character study salt-washed in bathos and poised to break hearts. Writer/director Kenneth Lonergan masterful commands the drama while Casey…
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Out in Theaters: ‘ARRIVAL’
Minor quibbles aside, 'Arrival' is heady, bold, emotionally decadent and fearless. It’s science fiction for film lovers lead by an excellent turn from Amy Adams and emboldened by Jóhann Jóhannsson’s…