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Weekly Review 77: KILL, WHITE, SONG, BURN

Weekly Review 77: KILL, WHITE, SONG, BURN

It’s been a few weeks since the last Weekly Review, as it tends to be but this week gets us back into the swing of things with a list of mostly new releases. Although I feel like I haven’t been to the theater in weeks (having only gone once last week) I had some reviews...

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Out in Theaters: UNFRIENDED

Out in Theaters: UNFRIENDED

Director Levan Gabriadze works within some very risky restraints - like an orator with a ball gag - by limiting all onscreen action to the computer screen and the result…

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Out in Theaters: TRUE STORY

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

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

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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Weekly Review 76: CLEAR, BREAKFAST, PLANET

Weekly Review 76: CLEAR, BREAKFAST, PLANET

This week had a lot of hustle and bustle to it with a new apartment and a new puppy in the mix so my time consuming film was somewhat limited. Having already caught Furious 7 at SXSW, I didn’t post any new reviews this week though did catch two solid screenings – While We’re Young...

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Weekly Review 75: ABSENTIA, PULP, LIES, ROAR, RAIDERS, NYMPHETS

Weekly Review 75: ABSENTIA, PULP, LIES, ROAR, RAIDERS, NYMPHETS

To recap, the rules of Weekly Review have dictated that this is where I review films that I’ve seen for the first time at home (a rule that has been a sliding scale in terms of my following it) but has mostly now been expanded to include older films that I’ve seen in the theater...

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Out in Theaters: GET HARD

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: DEATHGASM

SXSW Review: DEATHGASM

Many have tried to imitate the cinematic fine art that is The Evil Dead and few have been able to ape Sam Raimi‘s splatterhead mesterpiece with as much boundless, bloody guile as Peter Jackson. Yes, the blockbusting king of Middle Earth Peter Jackson. Though most know the frumpy Kiwi from his work on the Lord...

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SXSW Review: 6 YEARS

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…