Out in Theaters: RICKI AND THE FLASH
Ricki and The Flash is light and familiar; the story doesn’t yield any major surprises and Cody’s script could definitely cut deeper. But while the ending enters hokey territory, Demme…
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Disney Does Dubstep: DESCENDENTS Debuts
Disney’s Descendants plays like an extended 2-hour pop music meditation, updating the classic Disney Princess Magic Kingdom with Deadmau5 dubstep and Sia Fuller hyperpop, that is ultimately utterly likable. Descendants is a made-for-TV feature length film, debuting on July 31, 2015 to an audience of 6.6 million, despite underground murmurings and protestations leading up to...
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TRUE DETECTIVE Season 2 Episode 7 “Black Maps and Motel Rooms”
All the characters are trying to find their way out with black maps as we’re seeing the end of DaVinci’s beginning. Bez and Velcoro accept the circle, Frank tries to undo it, and Woodrugh attempts to outrun it. New evidence emerges from the stolen documents that link Catalyst and McCandless to Osip. Velcoro directs the...
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Out in Theaters: IRRATIONAL MAN
Though Woody Allen needs to knock his creative obsession with “older man meets younger woman,” Irrational Man boasts sly performances and a deliciously devilish caper saga. See it for Joaquin…
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Out in Theaters: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION
Though not the franchise’s top shelf entry, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation relies on a charmed, charming cast and thrilling set pieces to create a stirring (if forgettable) action adventure.
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TRUE DETECTIVE Season 2 Episode 6 Review “Church in Ruins”
hurch in Ruins is why True Detective was worshipped to begin with. So far, the best episode of the season is reminiscent of Rust’s extended action sequence through the ghetto. Bez’s (Rachel McAdams) subplot’s climax evoking–either a Kubrickian or Lynchian (either way, brilliantly twisted and atmospheric) tone–matches Velcoro’s unbridled snowy Cuervo bender.
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Out in Theaters: VACATION
Dumb, meandering and in need of a more well realized arc, Vacation is nonetheless quite funny.
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Out In Theaters: LUCKY STIFF
Lucky Stiff is a zany musical comedy that is a little bit Bond; a smidgen of Sondheim; and a dash Weekend At Bernie’s - making for an unlikely and unstable…
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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…