Out in Theaters: KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE
There are a few notable sequences that feature spotty CGI work (Eggsy's mid-air, knife-tipped shoe stab makes him look like a plastic action figure) but in the center of Kingsman…
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Out in Theaters: LEVIATHAN
This begs the question: is Zvyagintsev's film a condemnation of his country? According to his own statements, no. "I am deeply convinced that, whatever society each and every one of…
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Out in Theaters: JUPITER ASCENDING
What is truly visionary in terms of set production, lavish costumery and creature design results in something totally and tonally defunct in the story department. As Eddie Redmayne greedily dismantles…
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Out in Theaters: THE BOY NEXT DOOR
Step Up's Guzman is awful in the leading man's shoes, all kinds of ham and cheese in a role that might have even thrived in the hands of a Dan…
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Out in Theaters: THE WEDDING RINGER
Striking at the potent middle ground where sentiment and humor meet, The Wedding Ringer caps off with an emotionally-rending third act that, although predictable, features some of Hart's most genuine…
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Out in Theaters: PADDINGTON
Though the third act fails to get off the ground - literally and figuratively - in much of the same ways that the first two do, the accordant motif of…
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Out in Theaters: BLACKHAT
The hacker thriller is a tough cookie to crack and has led to more certifiably misfires than any other action subgenre I can summon (yes, even more so than the…
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Out in Theaters: INTO THE WOODS
The cast is admittedly stellar - Anna Kendrick, Corden, Blunt, Pine and, to a lesser degree, Streep all own their numbers, even if I personally found some of those numbers…
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Out in Theaters: THE IMITATION GAME
In 1952, Alan Turing was convicted of gross indecency due to the investigation that bookends the film. In trying to prove that Turing was a spy, the local law reveled…
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Out in Theaters: FOXCATCHER
Some people collect stamps. Others Beanie Babies. John du Pont wanted to collect talent. He wanted to bunch it all up in his verdant Pennsylvania farm and own it for…