Out in Theaters: TURBO
While it doesn't quite possess the unmitigated originality of Pixar's golden age, it does carry a similar heart-on-its-sleeve air to it that is immensely breathable. Rather than capriciously turning on…
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Out in Theaters: THE GREAT GATSBY
Baz Luhrmann has an alleged fascination with tragic romance and The Great Gatsby is no exception. From a purely aesthetic point of view, his film is dazzling - capturing the…
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SIFF Review: MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS
“Mistaken for Stranger”Directed by Tom BerningerStarring Tom Berninger, Matt Berninger Documenary, Comedy, Music 80 minNot Yet Rated Mistaken for Strangers is a bizarre rock doc because it’s not really a rock doc at all. Tom Berninger, brother to The National‘s frontman Matt Berninger, has instead made something else entirely – a film that uniquely attempts...
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SIFF Review: WHAT MAISIE KNEW
‘What Maisie Knew’ Directed by Scott McGehee and David SiegelStarring Onata Aprile, Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Alexander Skarsgård and Joanna VanderhamDrama99 Mins R What Maisie Knew is an emotional powerhouse of a film led by an adorably funny-faced young actress functioning on a purely natural level, allowing the “performance” underneath to disappear entirely. It strikes...
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Out in Theaters: IRON MAN 3
There is a necessary amount of forgiveness involved in the Marvel Movie Universe but if you're willing to engage and let this world full of superheroes and supervillians continue to…
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Little Good Ship Chased by Big Evil Ship in STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS IMAX Poster
If you’re like me, you’ve been trying your best to avoid the onslaught of Star Trek Into Darkness marketing. Whether this means charging out of the theater during it’s previews, ducking your head when tv spots come on and even popping in headphones or humming along to yourself any time one of what seems...
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Weekly Review 24: THIS IS 40, ROBOT AND FRANK
Just a couple of flicks from 2012 that I never got to see in this week’s installment of Weekly Review. This is 40 seemed to largely divide critics but I found it to be a very ugly, very unnecessary film. Frank and Robot, however, was a nice little independent drama worthy of a worth if...
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Out in Theaters: PAIN AND GAIN
Even though Pain and Gain is maybe Bay's most mature film to date and he legitimately tries to dissect an nearly incomprehensible ethos, his own over-embellishing and tacky directorial choices…
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Out in Theaters: MUD
Themes of innocence lost and re-invigoration of character are beautifully woven into the subtext and come across as potent and intoxicating, allowing Mud to be something to dwell on rather…
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Weekly Review 23: HUSTLE AND FLOW, MANHATTAN, LIKE CRAZY, THE PERFECT HOST
This week I had a chance to catch up with some more films filling out that ever-growing list of “movies to see.” I finally got to see Terrence Howard‘s knockout performance in Hustle and Flow, Woody Allen‘s masterpiece Manhattan, a rocky rom-com Like Crazy and a David Hyde Pierce psychopathic-thriller The Perfect Host. Hustle...