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Probably hates your favorite movie. Since 2012.

FILM REVIEWS

In-depth film reviews, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: I ORIGINS

Out in Theaters: I ORIGINS

The empiricist can only know what's there in front of them and on that basis alone, we can deduce that I Origins is a bold, immensely watchable philosophical journey. Rich…

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Out in Theaters: SEX TAPE

Out in Theaters: SEX TAPE

In a world filled with sex tapes, there’s not a lot of room for originality. Sex Tape shows the consequences that come up when something private is made starkly public.…

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Out in Theaters: BEGIN AGAIN

Out in Theaters: BEGIN AGAIN

With music and New York serving as backdrops, Begin Again is touching, funny and lively enough to merit a taste. Imaginative and different, it challenges what you would normally expect…

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Out in Theaters: SNOWPIERCER

Out in Theaters: SNOWPIERCER

This all comes to a head when you really stop to dissect the many parts and pieces of Snowpiercer but - much like the train itself - I can't help…

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Out in Theaters: EDGE OF TOMORROW

Out in Theaters: EDGE OF TOMORROW

With a screenplay that might have turned into the brainchild of sub-committee (Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth are all credited screenwriters), it's a wonder that the plot is…

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Out in Theaters: GODZILLA

Out in Theaters: GODZILLA

Though the performances are often showed up by the 150-foot beast stomping through the midst of Evans' film, it is still a certifiable triumph, an idol of what studio films…

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Out in Theaters: CHEF

Out in Theaters: CHEF

Hoffman's suit of a boss likens Casper to a Rolling Stones show; "Imagine if you paid for a ticket and they didn't play Satisfation?" Well, Favreau's film slyly retorts, had…

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Out in Theaters: JOE

Out in Theaters: JOE

Shouldering the picture, Poulter, Blevins, Cage and Sheridan are the savior of Green's view of a broke down suburban hell hole. If only they weren't always forced into such sketchy…

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Out in Theaters: DOM HEMINGWAY

Out in Theaters: DOM HEMINGWAY

As Shepard weaves the character of a bygone criminal braggart into a head-hanging old fool "alone and full of regret", the bittersweet lark loses its bite. But I guess that's…

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Out in Theaters: OCULUS

Out in Theaters: OCULUS

Oculus does for mirrors what Hitchcock did for showers. We're not afraid of them, they're just a little creepier now.