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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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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Out in Theaters: ‘THE NEON DEMON’
Like the hackneyed runway model, 'The Neon Demon' is all external flash, little internal substance. For the most part. Aggravatingly vacuous but undeniably seductive, Nicholas Winding Refn’s hostile takedown of…
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Out in Theaters: ‘FINDING DORY’
CONCLUSION: A Neptunian pathos piece showcasing masterfully slick animation and plenty of good humor, 'Finding Dory' still can’t escape the grasp of ancillary, auxiliary storytelling. And for all its trying,…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE CONJURING 2’
'The Conjuring 2 'understands the virtue of patience in a way that most studio horror films do not and the result is all the scarier for it. Building on the…