Tag: In Theaters
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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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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
January to March is a dark period of the calendar for theatrical releases. Aside from the Oscar contenders that go wide after getting an earlier limited release, a lot of the movies released are dumped because the studio knows they’re not that good. It’s easy to be dubious or dismissive…
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The Theory of Everything (2014)
Stephen Hawking, the brilliant theoretical physicist betrayed by his own body and confined to a wheelchair is given the biopic treatment in director James Marsh’s The Theory of Everything. Hawking is a master in his field and the success he has achieved in the face of such physical limitations is…
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A Most Violent Year (2014)
“A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.” -John Wayne. This is a popular theme in books, television, and film. Whether a character is standing up to injustice, the system, or whatever, it’s a frequently occurring theme. Without a code, it’s easy…
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American Sniper (2014)
For someone so well-known for westerns, war films, and being Dirty Harry on-screen, Clint Eastwood is a surprisingly versatile director, even tackling the musical genre earlier in 2014 with a Broadway adaptation, Jersey Boys. Eastwood made his directorial debut in 1971, 44 years ago. In that time he has helmed 34 feature…
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