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Cinderella (2015)
Cinderella is a modern update of the classic fairy tale that remains faithful to the source material, looks great, and deals with themes of courage, kindness, grace, and forgiveness.
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Listen Up Philip (2014)
We all know how we are supposed to act around other people, even the most socially awkward among us (myself included). Part of being a part of society is this unspoken social contract we enter into to not always say what is on our minds or to hold back criticisms based…
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Chappie (2015)
Neill Blomkamp burst onto the movie scene in 2009 with District 9, a sci-fi film backed by Peter Jackson that tackled societal issues in South Africa through the prism of alien living in Johannesburg slums that had essentially crash-landed on earth and were segregated from humans. He followed it up with…
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What We Do In The Shadows (2015)
What If I told you that some of the minds behind Flight of the Conchords got together and made a mockumentary film? What if I told you it was a mockumentary about vampires? And what if I told you it was a mockumentary about four different kinds of popular vampires…
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Believe Me (2014)
The landscape of evangelical Christianity is littered with things that can be cannon fodder for good humor. Just look at stuffchristianslike.net. Over the summer I saw a preview for Believe Me and was instantly hooked. I was curious as to whether it would be too tame or a no-holds-barred look at…
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Draft Day (2014)
The NFL is the most popular sport in America. Almost every kind of sports movie has been made at least once. Draft Day, a 2014 Ivan Reitman movie starring Kevin Costner, is a sports movie focused on the NFL Draft and the drama that takes place during the draft, an offseason…
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Focus (2015)
Focus lost me early and never won me back because it cons the audience and think’s it’s smart because of it. And while Smith and Robbie are good, the movie is boring for long stretches.
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Still Alice (2014)
My grandfather passed away nearly two years ago after battling Parkinson’s Disease for many years. It was a disease that subtly hemmed his life in more and more around him; starting with hand tremors and slowly but surely taking more and more individual ability away from him until he was…
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Mood Indigo (2014)
Regardless of the overall quality of his films, Michel Gondry is one of the few filmmakers who has a distinct visual aesthetic to his films (The Green Hornet notwithstanding). Rising to prominence like other modern-day directors through music videos, Gondry has carved out a unique creativity in the visual style…
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Jimi: All Is By My Side (2014)
Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time. I remember the first time I bought a Hendrix album back during a summer home from college working at the now defunct Ames in South Portland, ME. I had just started to get into music beyond just what I heard on the…
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