Out in Theaters: ‘A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING’
As can be expected, Tom Hanks shines in Tom Tyker’s ‘A Hologram for the King’ but even the great American everyman can't overcome storytelling this clunky and meandering Middling, sluggish…
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Out in Theaters: ‘GREEN ROOM’
Jeremy Saulnier's grotesquely violent 'Green Room' pits a hapless punk band against a group of militant Neo Nazis in almost pornographically gruesome fashion. That there isn't too much to the…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE HUNSTMAN: WINTER’S WAR’
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that 'The Huntsman: Winter's War' will cast a spell on all those it encounters but its uneasy recipe of dash dull CG…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE BOSS’
"While The Boss isn’t the total balut-flavored brownie promised by the Universal Studios production, no amount of Crisco is enough to slick the Melissa McCarthy-starring, tonally disparate cram into one…
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Out in Theaters: ‘DEMOLITION’
Led by soaring performances from Gyllenhaal and Watts and an emotionally exploratory script from Bryan Sipe, 'Demolition' is an oddball destructo-drama that measures the invoice of grief against the constructs…
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Out in Theaters: ‘EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!’
In the pantheon of Richard Linklater’s accomplished filmography, Everybody Wants Some is a relative softball, but even his minor work is essential viewing. A laid-back daydream of primetime golden years…
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Out in Theaters: ‘MIDNIGHT SPECIAL’
Jeff Nichols’ ‘Midnight Special’ feels like some recently discovered 80's B-movie. Purring with metaphysical musings and its own cryptic internal mythology, the sci-fi chase movie asks more questions than it…
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Out In Theaters: ‘KRISHA’
Backed by a spine-tingling score, 'Krisha' is a powerful journey through the dingy bowels of addiction and family secrets. Krisha Fairchild is masterful in a breakout role for the ages…
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Out in Theaters: ‘BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE’
The gangbang of superhero team-ups, Zack Synder's 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' is 155 minutes of darkness and smashing. While Batfleck proves the Caped Crusader has reason to exist…
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SXSW ’16 Review: ‘TRANSPECOS’
Like a lens flare cast from No Country For Old Men or an arresting never-before-seen side plot from Breaking Bad, Transpecos sets us on the belt buckle region of the Mexican-American border. In a diminutive shanty of a migra outpost – in essence, a tollbooth and boom barrier – three glorified crossing guards witness hell...