Tag: 2014
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Exodus: Gods And Kings (2014)
Exodus: Gods and Kings has a few visuals that are impressive, but it’s a generic sword and sandals epic that wastes most of its impressive cast.
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Son of a Gun (2014)
There have been quite a few good-to-great gritty Aussie crime dramas that have come out the last few years. Following in the line of The Square (2008), Animal Kingdom (2010), and The Rover (2014), Son of a Gun is a well-told tale of crime from a first time director, Julius…
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The Judge (2014)
The Judge fails because it doesn’t know what kind of movie it wants to be, but also thinks it is more than what it is.
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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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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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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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