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…
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Out in Theaters: THE LAZARUS EFFECT
Exiting the theater, one man turned to another and said, "It was alright but I can't imagine paying $10 to see it" and that pretty much hits the nail on…
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Out in Theaters: FOCUS
With enough charm in the tanks to partially power a date night, Focus intermittently manages to overcome a narrative buckling under its lack of realism and forethought but only in…
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Out in Theaters: HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2
Robinson, newcomer Adam Scott and even Corddry give it their all - and do manage to cull some immature laughs with their frequent, obviously improvised riffing - but it's just…
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Out in Theaters: MCFARLAND USA
That isn't to say that it doesn't actually work though. In fact, McFarland USA can be downright rousing, with Antônio Pinto's soaring eagle score (complimented by Terry Stacey's flag-brandishing cinematography) borderline…
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Out in Theaters: WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
The ensuing comedy peters between the deadpan and the slapstick, with comic zingers often slipping under the radar matched by physical comedy - like Nick and Deacon taking to the…
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Out in Theaters: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
At the screening I attended, they distributed Fifty Shades fashioned blindfolds before the showing. You wouldn't be worse off wearing it during the film.