Out in Theaters: ‘EVEREST’
Marrying top-notch technical alchemy with excellent performances across the board and a narrative that’s universally powerful, 'Everest' is a big picture triumph - the tentpole spectacle film that 2015 needed.…
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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD “The Dog” Review
The action’s heating up, as three families in AMC’s Fear The Walking Dead leave this world behind, encroaching further into the iconic ruin of the Walker-infested wasteland. “Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.” – Werner Herzog The most striking moment from an episode full of...
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TIFF ’15 Review: ‘WOMEN HE’S UNDRESSED’
Women He’s Undressed, Gillian Armstrong’s new documentary about Hollywood costume designer Orry Kelly, opens over an unnaturally-saturated view of a blue sky, with a quote from actress Fanny Brice: “Let the world know who you are because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose; then where will you be?” The...
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TIFF ’15 Review: ‘MAGALLANES’
Primary Peruvian exports include non-monetary gold powder, cooper ores, concentrates, cathodes and non-crude oil. You can now add to the list supremely compelling cinema as Magallanes, the product of first-time Peruvian director Salvador del Solar, is a true festival stunner. Soaked in a gleeful amount of real world suspense and intensified by rich dramatic character...
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DVD Review: ‘THE SEVEN FIVE’
Synopsis: “In the late 1980s and early ‘90s Brooklyn, New York was the murder capital of America and ground zero for the crack cocaine epidemic. One man, Michael Dowd, led his crew on a rampage through the streets of East New York, robbing dope dealers at gunpoint, burglarizing homes and becoming involved in the biggest...
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TIFF ’15 Review: ‘DER NACHTMAHR’ (The Nightmare)
If you wiggle a pencil fast enough, it appears soft. Rubbery. Made of flesh. It’s only when you reach out and touch the pencil that you realize it’s made of hard wood. In a film, we cannot reach out, we cannot exert force or physical contact, so we rely on cues that the filmmaker plants...
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Out in Theaters: ‘SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE’
Natural chemistry between Brie and Sudeikis makes their jabs and mounting affection land all the more. As the third act runs, Headland proves a storytelling tease; her will-they-or-won't-they battleground threatens…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE BEAUTY INSIDE’
Baek Jong-yeol succeeds in blending aspects of realism and fantasy but the film’s largely conservative execution doesn’t bode well with the story’s progressive undertones; thus 'The Beauty Inside' ends up…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE VISIT’
The Visit takes a trip to the grandparents that’s positively loaded with laughs and an overwhelming willingness to be weird. Turns out that the twist was that Shyamalan’s career wasn’t…
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Bumbershoot 2015: 1 Reel Short Film Festival Reviews
Seattle was in shape to party this Labor Day weekend and the fiercest of lightning storms proved unable to stop the rabid fun at Bumbershoot 2015. Though this year’s lineup seemed short on musical prowess (excluding Cake who absolutely blew the top off their set) and big name comedians, their carefully curated One Reel Short...