Out in Theaters: THE NOVEMBER MAN
The question remains: will this be a success with audiences? All evidence points to a resounding meh but quite honestly, the meh-ness of The November Man might just prove the…
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Weekly Review 51: GIGOLO, STAGE, CONGRESS, IMMIGRANT, FITZCARRALDO
From Woody Allen to Meatloaf, this installment of Weekly Review takes a look at some of the flicks of 2014 that haven’t met much fanfare. I visited John Turturro‘s Fading Gigolo, the SXSW horror movie Stage Fright, last year’s Cannes film The Congress starring Robin Wright, James Gray‘s historical drama The Immigrant and took a...
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Out in Theaters: SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
For my barrage of complaints, it wouldn't be fair to say that I hated Sin City: A Dame to Kill For because I quite honestly didn't. I enjoy the ultra-violent,…
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Out in Theaters: IF I STAY
If I Stay is the useless kind of movie for people who have nothing else to be bummed about. It invites you to wonder if people do sit around and…
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Weekly Review 50: INDIGO, TRANS4MERS, IDA, 13, THE GOOD
It’s been more than two weeks since our last outing at the Weekly Review outpost so I’ve got a bit to catch up on. At the theater, I gobbled up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Into the Storm, The Giver and Love is Strange (review soon). Since most of the television shows I watch are off...
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Out in Theaters: THE GIVER
As Bridges gives a quietly devastating performance as the eponymous character, The Giver tip-toes to the finish as an occasionally whopping crowd-pleaser. Noyce's is a direly decorated dystopia sans the…
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Out in Theaters: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
As TMNT rips to a rather forecasted conclusion, it's quite clear that Liebesman's goal has been accomplished. His film is a puckering cherry bomb. But rather than blow up in…
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Out in Theaters: INTO THE STORM
Whilst the inadvertent humor disqualifies Into the Storm from the most painful movie experience of the year accolade, that's still not something you want to pull for the box art…
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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...