Documentary Dossier: THE WOLFPACK
The Angulo brothers are surprisingly articulate, self-aware, creative and empathetic - characteristics that may come as a surprise; by the conclusion of the film, it feels as though we have…
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Director Face/Off: Wes Anderson Vs. Richard Linklater (Part Two – Film Locations)
Wes Anderson and Richard Linklater –prominent writer/directors, Texas natives (both have roots in Houston) and coincidentally my two favorite humans. Their latest films were nominated for Best Motion Picture this year and, delving further, their careers have evolved at very similar rates, humbly paving the quaint dirt road that was the indie film scene in...
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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Season 3, Episode 2 Recap “Bed Bugs and Beyond”
Cooties; Cat fights; Relapses; Double-crossing; French fries at gun point; An ill-advised proposal; Burning Books; And some very, very bad news… An entire female population in their underwear, a gum wrapper proposal, cat fights and hate sex in a condemned library are not nearly as much fun as they sound, in ‘Bed Bugs And Beyond.’...
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Out in Theaters: ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL
That being said, Gomez-Rejon's commingling of cutesy and downbeat pensive drama makes for a rich emotional experience and one capable of bedazzling in least expected places. The players are all…
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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…