Tag: In Theaters
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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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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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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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