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‘Eye in the Sky’ Review: The Strange Love of Drones

Philip Brown — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 19:00:30 +0000

‘Eye in the Sky’ tackles the intricacies, irritations and bureaucracy of drone warfare in pointed, relevant, and often grimly funny ways. It positions itself as a war film that we know all too well through genre conventions, then twists itself into a talking-head thriller and undergraduate ethics lecture in a manner that’s never quite been...

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R.I.P. Alan Rickman

Josh Zyber — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 14:00:26 +0000

Just as we’re reeling from the loss of David Bowie, beloved character actor Alan Rickman has likewise passed away at the age of 69 following a battle with cancer. Rickman will of course be best known to younger viewers (and for generations to come) as the stern Professor Severus Snape from the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise....

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TIFF Journal: ‘Eye in the Sky’

Philip Brown — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:00:37 +0000

‘Good Kill‘ might have been the first of an inevitable trend of drone warfare movies, but ‘Eye in the Sky’ qualifies as the first actually worth seeking out. Even though director Gavin Hood (‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’, but forgive him since he also made ‘Tsotsi’) hasn’t delivered a masterpiece, he has made an interesting feature that,...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 29th, 2013 – Not with a Bang but a Whimper

Josh Zyber — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:00:45 +0000

This is the way the year ends. Don’t be surprised that this is another slow week for new Blu-ray releases. After Christmas, no one has any money left or much interest in shopping. Nonetheless, another small handful of new titles will trickle out. Perhaps you’ll find something worth at least renting? New Releases When the...

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Now Playing: For ‘Butler’ or Worse

Bryan Kluger — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:00:03 +0000

Much like how ‘Forest Gump’ was a feather in the wind, observing and interacting with major historic events through the decades, ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’ uses a similar plot device as we follow a black man who started in the cotton fields of the South and ended up as a White House butler for seven...

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