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

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Out in Theaters: ’20TH CENTURY WOMEN’

Out in Theaters: ’20TH CENTURY WOMEN’

20th Century Women is a character-driven comedic drama that puts the “m-e-n” in feminism. Led by a great trio in Annette Being, Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning, Mikes Mills’ third…

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Out in Theaters: ‘PATRIOT’S DAY’

Out in Theaters: ‘PATRIOT’S DAY’

'Patriot’s Day' sees Peter Berg take on the Boston Marathon bombing in respective, engaging fashion. In many ways, the director's latest action-drama concludes Berg’s informal "America, Fuck Yeah!" trilogy but…

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Out in Theaters: ‘SILENCE’

Out in Theaters: ‘SILENCE’

Martin Scorsese’s infatuation with his Christian faith makes for a visually suggestive and provocative piece of historical fiction however at 161 minutes, 'Silence' is epic only in its ability to…

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Out in Theaters: ‘FENCES’

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: ‘WHY HIM?’

Out in Theaters: ‘WHY HIM?’

Frequently unfunny, offensively unoriginal and downright grating, this teaming of great character actor Bryan Cranston and can-do-it-all performer James Franco breaks a different kind of bad, scrubbing free the charm…

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Out in Theaters: ‘JACKIE’

Out in Theaters: ‘JACKIE’

In addition to providing a platform for Natalie Portman to display her considerable talents, 'Jackie' is a terrific and multifaceted portrait of a layered American icon. Gloomy, textured and terrifically…

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Out in Theaters: ‘ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY’

Out in Theaters: ‘ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY’

There's no getting around it, 'Rogue One'’s clunky script leaves something to be desired but  wowing visual glamor, classic Star Wars feel, a darker nature and that killer third act…

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Out in Theaters: ‘OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY’

Out in Theaters: ‘OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY’

Forgettable 'Office Christmas Party' is much funnier when its flat set of leads allow the secondary characters (i.e. Kate McKinnon) to take the spotlight, and though there's a shortage of…

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Out in Theaters: ‘LA LA LAND’

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’

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…