Out in Theaters: ‘THE DANISH GIRL’
There's no doubt that The Danish Girl is a well-made, well-acted piece of prestige cinema but its occasionally tactless handling of challenging issues awkwardly overwhelms at too many turns.
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Out in Theaters: ‘HE NEVER DIED’
Jack's brand of unaffected "Did you really just do that?" reactions lend the action a sense of categorical silliness. It makes for the kind of comedy you that if you…
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Out in Theaters: ‘MACBETH’
'Macbeth' is Shakespeare for Shakespeare nerds. Technically elite across the board (stunning performances, cinematography and even fight sequences) but the combination of thick Scottish accents and whispered Shakespeare prose left…
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Out in Theaters: ‘IN THE HEART OF THE SEA’
"Ron Howard's 'In the Heart of the Sea' chases the white whale that is meaningful special effects films and comes up short. His telling of the story that inspired 'Moby…
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Out in Theaters: ‘JOY’
'Joy' provides another phenomenal starring vehicle for the uncommonly talented Jennifer Lawrence but, in all other regards, is a cluttered, confused mess. David O. Russell has fallen far from the…
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Out in Theaters: ‘TRUMBO’
'Trumbo' is a fine biopic, not lacking in depth so much as imagination. Bryan Cranston is in top form as the titular blacklisted screenwriter though he’s mostly let down by…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE NIGHT BEFORE’
An ungainly blend of Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg's manchild maturation comedies and Levitt/Levine's maudlin, introspective dramedies, 'The Night Before' is tonally inconsistent. Still, it's packed with laughs and includes more than…
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Out in Theaters: ‘SUFFRAGETTE’
Confusing suffrage for suffering, 'Suffragette' is a political period piece with a conflated ego and very little sense of narrative purpose that fails to bring genuine emotion to the women’s…
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Out in Theaters: ‘SPECTRE’
Overly long, terribly scripted and largely devoid of engaging action set pieces, 'Spectre' represents a definitive low point for the Daniel Craig era of James Bond. Alas, Bond is Bond…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE KEEPING ROOM’
'The Keeping Room' is an uncommon Western that puts the women of the frontier front and center, and though it features strong performances across the board, the film feels limited…