Flying high
Disney has done consistently well when it comes to its live-action films and adaptations of feel-good true stories — sports stories in particular. These films are not always Oscar-worthy entries, [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in Film Review
Posted February 24, 2016in Film Review
Desperately seeking Jesus
Religious films are surprisingly difficult to pull off. For starters, centering a film on a religious story will most likely turn off a segment of the secular audience. Aside from [...]
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Posted February 17, 2016in Film Review
The merc with the mouth
After six years of development hell, a small team of dedicated movie folk, led by director Tim Miller, has finally succeeded in bringing the least film-friendly mainstream comic book hero [...]
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Posted February 10, 2016in Film Review
Hail mediocrity
We often expect too much of the Coen bothers because we know they are capable of greatness. In the pantheon of their films — there have been 17 in all [...]
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Posted February 03, 2016in Film Review
Sinking feeling
Walking into “The Finest Hours,” I was ready for the film to be good. I wanted it to be good. On paper, there was absolutely no reason why it should [...]
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Posted January 27, 2016in Film Review
Wasted concept
“The 5th Wave” is the next film in the “teenagers save the world” films based on young adult books. Since the Rick Yancey book the film is based on is [...]
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Posted January 20, 2016in Film Review
Pearl Harbor 2: Libyan boogaloo
Once upon a time, back in the halcyon, pre-9/11 days of 2000, Michael Bay filmed a movie called “Pearl Harbor.” Released in spring of the following year, “Pearl Harbor” was [...]
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Posted January 13, 2016in Film Review
Breathtaking brutality
It did not take long at all for 2016 to deliver its first unforgettable film. “The Revenant” follows the true-life story of explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), who is mauled [...]
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Posted January 06, 2016in Film Review
Hateration
A funny thing has happened to Quentin Tarantino over the years. He used to be the poster boy for the indie auteur. Films like “Reservoir Dogs” and “Pulp Fiction” were [...]
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Posted December 23, 2015in Film Review
Awake at last
Let’s get it out of the way up front: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is a fantastic Star Wars film. Whether or not this makes it a great film in [...]
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