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VIFF Journal: Collette

Jason Gorber — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:00:14 +0000

Collette is one of many perfectly serviceable British period dramas, a film that mixes in just the right amount of ribaldry and rabble rousing to keep audiences engaged if not overly challenged. Wash Westmoreland, the director who guided Julianne Moore to an Oscar win with the melodramatic Still Alice, finds in Keira Knightley a fitting...

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‘Tomb Raider’ Review: Some Things Shouldn’t Be Dug Up

Luke Hickman — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:00:03 +0000

It’s puzzling to me that studios have recently invested so much into reboots of existing properties that weren’t all that great to begin with. (See: ‘Death Wish’). The execs can’t be so far removed that they’re blindly ignorant to the fact that the there’s absolutely no demand for them, right? Even if they produce a...

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‘Genius’ Review: Hardly…

Philip Brown — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:00:01 +0000

During the movie ‘Genius’, I wondered if I wasn’t watching a straight-faced parody of bio-pic clichés. Movie stars saunter across the screen playing famous American authors, none of whom are American so they seem to be in a competition over who can spit out the worst accent. Long passages of dialogue feature characters discussing their...

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‘Money Monster’ Review: Stupid with a Side of Smart

Philip Brown — Thu, 12 May 2016 19:00:57 +0000

On a certain level, ‘Money Monster’ is a high-concept thriller like Hollywood used to make all the time. You know the type – take an easily marketable premise that can be condensed into a trailer (or even better, a poster), cast a couple movie stars, throw in some one-liners, and you’ve got yourself a money...

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‘Pride’ Review: Going the Full Monty for Gay Rights

Philip Brown — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:00:46 +0000

‘Pride’ embodies a certain type of populist British comedy that peaked with ‘The Full Monty’. The formula is simple: take a topic that would have been subversive 15 years ago, stage it as a Frank Capra comedy, and watch the stream of housewives pile into theaters thinking that they’re watching something edgy. This is far...

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Netflix Watch: Ghosts & Curses

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:00:04 +0000

Continuing on my hunt for good (or at least watchable) horror movies to usher in the Halloween season, I found two supernatural flicks on Netflix that are decently entertaining. I especially enjoyed one better than the other, but I’m still in the mood for more scares. ‘From Within’ ‘From Within’ doesn’t pull any punches. You...

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