Out in Theaters: BIG SIGNIFICANT THINGS
Though it features some lovely camera work and quirky, nostalgic touches as well as fine performances all around, Big Significant Things fails to engage - a major problem for such an…
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Out in Theaters: PAPER TOWNS
There’s a germ of an idea in Paper Towns' romanticized adolescence but that germ quickly grows into a virus. By the time the third act has rolled along, that virus…
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Out in Theaters: UNEXPECTED
Unexpected is like a wind chime you've hung in your backyard. Sometimes it's jingling and jangling nicely in the wind and you feel good about having bought it. Other times, you…
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Out in Theaters: SOUTHPAW
Though lacking on original dramatic upper cuts, Southpaw offers a bevy of excellent performances from its more than game cast. But with a share of technical errors behind the camera,…
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Out in Theaters: PIXELS
There’s more effort here than in most Adam Sandler movies but Pixels’ half-baked 80s video-game-cum-invasion-movie still mostly reeks of jack-assery.
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Out in Theaters: TRAINWRECK
Considered a "work in progress", at two hours, Trainwreck is already more trim than most Apatow films - his last two films clocked in at 134 and 153 minutes -…
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Out in Theaters: THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT
All the authenticity The Stanford Prison Experiment brings to the table establishes an alarming, visceral sense of reality but is also accountable for a skosh of its failures. Because of…
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Out in Theaters: LILA & EVE
Lila & Eve is an attempted female vigilante film with strong leading actresses, but has identity issues. It falls short of being a thriller or serious drama.
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Out in Theaters: ANT-MAN
Ant-Man is pest controlled, a refreshing take on the increasingly stale superhero concept. Though Rudd might not be the coolest Ant-venger yet, he packs a concentrated punch in a smaller…
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Documentary Dossier: CARTEL LAND
The anonymous cartel members who open and close the film say they don’t expect to ever be out of a job. They don’t believe anything can put an end to…