Out in Theaters: TRUE STORY
You would think that the casting of such comedic icons would demand us to reinvent our perspective on the two high-profile jesters. That is just not the case. For a…
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Out in Theaters: EX MACHINA
Brilliant tech work aligns with Garland's beautifully sour/smartly subversive writing/directing and Gleeson, Isaac and Vikander's low-broiling performances to create what can only be described as a neo sci-fi noir near-masterpiece.…
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Out in Theaters: WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
Much of the success of the performances though rest with Baumbach's writing. While We're Young being a direct follow-up to Frances Ha, Baumbach has expanded on existing themes of unchecked…
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Out in Theaters: GET HARD
It's not that Get Hard is unfunny so much I would rather have seen the inspired pairing of Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart deal with issues other than race and…
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SXSW Review: 6 YEARS
Emotionally raw though a dash melodramatic, Hannah Fidell's 6 Years is a bittersweet look at love and sacrifice at the ripe young age of 21. Fidell plants us at the…
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SXSW Review: BONE IN THE THROAT
Existing somewhere in the undiscovered ether between Snatch, Good Fellas and Master Chef, Henman's Bone in the Throat is a brutal crowd-pleaser that's destined to be a delicious score for…
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Out in Theaters: CINDERELLA
Full of life, love and beauty, Cinderella is that rare product of uncommonly good intent that actually casts a spell. Accented by bips and bobs of architectural magic, Braunagh's live…
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Out in Theaters: ’71
Exquisitely paced thanks to Chris Wyatt's smart editing of a bevy of hand-held shots and backed up a distressing sonic wave from David Holmes, '71 stuffs haunting sequences and war-addled…
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Out in Theaters: WILD TALES
Although the anthology film has seen a bit of a revival of late withiin the horror genre (three V/H/S films, ABCs of Death 1&2), Wild Tales seeks to raise the…
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Out in Theaters: CHAPPIE
Look, I'm not here to convince you that you're going to like Chappie because in earnest, this is not a movie with the masses in mind. It's the kind of…