Category: Reviews
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Creed (2015)
Creed is a great boxing film, returns to the Rocky franchise in a fresh way, is expertly crafted, and has great central performances by Michael B. Jordan, Sly Stallone, and Tessa Thompson.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
Mockingjay – Part 2, the 4th film in the adaptation of a book trilogy, and suffers from lackluster source material, an unsatisfying ending, and being stretched into its own feature film.
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Spectre (2015)
Spectre attempts to tie up all of the Craig-era Bond films into a tidy bow, while also condensing a well-known Bond villain arc into one film, and never quite succeeds.
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Bridge Of Spies (2015)
Bridge of Spies is more entertaining than a film about lawyers and Cold War negotiations should be, but less memorable than a Spielberg-Hanks collaboration should be.
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Steve Jobs (2015)
Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs is an above average biopic with an unique structure, great Sorkin dialogue and a strong central performance from Fassbender.
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Crimson Peak (2015)
Crimson Peak has a lot of great Gothic visuals and features three solid performances, but offers little new its director.
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Black Mass (2015)
Black Mass has some good elements, but gets too distracted drawing attention to Depp’s performance to really shine.
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Sicario (2015)
Sicario is a murky, haunting thriller about the war on drugs and features two standout performances by Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro.
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The Martian (2015)
The Martian is a science-heavy sci-fi movie that is a captivating story of survival and resourcefulness and Ridley Scott’s best film since Gladiator.
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