Out in Theaters: GET ON UP
And as much as it's the story of Brown's triumph, it's also the story of his defeat. About his pride getting in the way of friends and family. About his…
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Weekly Review 49: AFFLICTED, DELIVER, ANOTHER, PRINCESS, BLOOD, HOMEFRONT
It’s been a good month since I’ve posted a Weekly Review, betraying its namesake once again, so I have a hefty pile to pour on you. This week (read: month) took me through some familiar territory in an old classic, saw some decent recent horror movies and a pair of debuts from indie directors, one...
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Capitol Hill Block Party Sees Spoon Slay
Spirits were high in Capitol Hill this weekend, as was the ratio of space bar music to instrumental bands. Celebrating its 18th year as a festival, Capitol Hill Block Party in its current iteration is really only four years old. Or at least that last day is. You see it takes three full days to...
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Out in Theaters: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
For once, you won't demand "But where are the other guys?!" Gunn's triumph is happy to exist in its own little universe and for it, trumps Marvel's other heroes. In…
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Out in Theaters: HERCULES
Hercules is the movie equivalent of having a pube stuck in your throat, you just want to cough it up and be free of it. Just keep telling yourself it…
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Out in Theaters: A MOST WANTED MAN
NOTE: I've tried to write something about this movie but I just can't do it. It's too dull to summon the energy to write more than one lousy sentence about.…
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Out in Theaters: LUCY
Lucy is a masterpiece of mockery and wit, made Hollywood by gorgeous, over-the-top CGI and Johansson's and Freeman’s hilarious self-depricating work. With a first act that’s egregiously terrible, Lucy is…
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Out in Theaters: MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT
Dissecting Woody's latest is easier than scalpelling apart a frog. The three acts are built on loose seams, as easily identifiable as cheap Indonesian jeans. And though they might fit…
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Out in Theaters: I ORIGINS
The empiricist can only know what's there in front of them and on that basis alone, we can deduce that I Origins is a bold, immensely watchable philosophical journey. Rich…
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Out in Theaters: SEX TAPE
In a world filled with sex tapes, there’s not a lot of room for originality. Sex Tape shows the consequences that come up when something private is made starkly public.…