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SXSW ’16 REVIEW
SXSW ’16 Review: ‘DEMOLITION’

SXSW ’16 Review: ‘DEMOLITION’

Led by soaring performances from Gyllenhaal and Watts and an emotionally exploratory script from Bryan Sipe, 'Demolition' is an oddball destructo-drama that measures the invoice of grief against the constructs…

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Out in Theaters: ’10 CLOVERFIELD LANE’

Out in Theaters: ’10 CLOVERFIELD LANE’

Bizarre by traditional sequel standards, '10 Cloverfield Lane' is nonetheless an immaculate  work of genre craftsmanship,  a bustling coup de grace of wit, intensity and phenomenal performances with John Goodman…

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Out In Theaters: ‘KNIGHT OF CUPS’

Out In Theaters: ‘KNIGHT OF CUPS’

A pretentious visual collage that panders to art-house patrons as much as it rejects traditional constructs of entertainment, 'Knight of Cups' is in desperate need of a plot and consequently…

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Out in Theaters: ‘EDDIE THE EAGLE’

Out in Theaters: ‘EDDIE THE EAGLE’

From a birds eye view, there’s not a ton of novelty to 'Eddie the Eagle'’s underdog sports narrative but refreshing individual moments and outlandish characters make it an experience worth…

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Out in Theaters: ‘TRIPLE 9’

Out in Theaters: ‘TRIPLE 9’

'Triple 9' honors the esteemed tradition of American crime films, tipping its hat hither and thither to the greats that preceded it, creating a circus of variably intriguing characters to…

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Out in Theaters: ‘THE WITCH’

Out in Theaters: ‘THE WITCH’

When the family snaps under the pressure of internal and external presses, it’s anyone’s game and you’ll want to behold the result. The fact that The Witch is up for…

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Out in Theaters: ‘ZOOLANDER 2’

Out in Theaters: ‘ZOOLANDER 2’

Fans of Zoolander, beware. 'Zoolander 2' is so vomitously dumb, so affrontively underwritten and so actively bad that it just might make your affection for the original evaporate. Ben Stiller…

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Out in Theaters: ‘DEADPOOL’

Out in Theaters: ‘DEADPOOL’

'Deadpool' is the superhero equivalent of Ace Ventura; a sub-social mold of swirly-giving irreverence; a modern day homo erectus arched over and talking out his butt. The shamelessly crass character…

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Out in Theaters: ‘HAIL, CAESAR!’

Out in Theaters: ‘HAIL, CAESAR!’

The Coen Brothers have crafted a film similar in tone to the wandering entropy of A Serious Man, Hudsucker Proxy and Barton Fink with their latest "comedic" endeavor, a Hollywood…

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Out in Theaters: ‘THE FINEST HOURS’

Out in Theaters: ‘THE FINEST HOURS’

Disney’s ‘The Finest Hours’ is a dialed-down disaster adventure that boasts moments of technical might and is punctuated by surprisingly earnest performances from its committed cast. But there’s an almost…