Out in Theaters: THE FACE OF AN ANGEL
Most don’t realize that Dante’s Hell was more frozen-over than burning hot. It’s appropriate, for if this film were brought to judgment, its feigned premise – that bait-and-switch of the…
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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Season 3, Episode 1 Recap “Mother’s Day”
In which old friends return, people move on, plots are hatched and parties are planned, as Caputo’s “kinder, gentler regime” struggles to take hold. Mother’s Day can be one of the hardest, as well as most exciting, days of the year in a women’s penitentiary. Inmates with children get to see how much their kids...
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Out in Theaters: SPY
In large part due to smarmy secondary characters the likes of Law, Statham and Bryne, Spy does slip in some low laughs, sometimes even at the hands of McCarthy. And…
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Out in Theaters: INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3
I would say the bloom is off the rose but that honor went out the window in the second act of the first film. Everything since Shaye walked through the…
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Out in Theaters: JURASSIC WORLD
Deferential to the original, almost to the point of hitting too many of the same notes, Jurassic World definitely follows a formula that hems dangerously close to the 1993 cut.…
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Out in Theaters: ENTOURAGE
The end result has its mildly bemusing moments - especially when in the supremely self-deprecating hands of Kevin Dillon - but is ultimately an entirely unnecessary addition to canon whose…
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SIFF 2015 Capsule Reviews: UNEXPECTED, H., CUB, CIRCLE, BLIND
As in year’s past, the time for the infamous SIFF capsule review has come. Though this year has been notable slower than last – in which I took in 40 films for SIFF’s 40th Anniversary – the slate of films has generally been stronger – likely due to my more selective palette this year. As...
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Out in Theaters: ALOHA
Unfortunate though it may be, Aloha is brimming with the melodramatic tinder that stokes the flames of many critics' red pens. Case and point, a local critic all but pushed…
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Out in Theaters: POLTERGEIST
With all that out of the way, does Poltergeist reinvent the wheel? Absolutely not. Nor is there anything particularly noticeable about this remake that demands its existence. But moreso than…
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Out in Theaters: GOOD KILL
Ultimately, Niccol's has made a film that probes cinematic rocks previously left unturned and does so in fairly compelling manner. Most of the time. He unearths the occasional scene dripping…