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Ad Astra Review: Pitt Reaches for the Stars

Jason Gorber — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:00:31 +0000

Ad Astra, director James Gray’s beautifully realized ode to parental connection and our ambitions to explore, checks off a panoply of references – everything from obvious science fiction fodder like 2001, Solaris, Gravity, and Alien, to films like Apocalypse Now, where the metaphorical journey up river takes our voyagers to the heart of darkness at...

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‘The Leisure Seeker’ Review: The Boredom Finder

Philip Brown — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:00:13 +0000

‘The Leisure Seeker’ is another dull movie about elderly people discovering a new lease on life. It’s the sort of thing that exists simply because actors of a certain age can still get a movie project bankrolled when they team up, even though this sentimental nonsense is sadly the only material available for them. Despite...

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‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2’ Review: An Appropriately Dour Finale

Philip Brown — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:00:06 +0000

Through a haze of shadowy and barely visible cinematography, ‘The Hungers Games’ saga has finally reached its predictably cheerless end. The YA series which hinged on televised child murder is one of the darkest cinematic franchises ever foisted on young audiences, and brought some welcome social consciousness to the party. There’s plenty to admire in...

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‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1’ Review: Half a Movie, But a Good Half

Philip Brown — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:00:35 +0000

The latest ‘Hunger Games’ sequel adapts half the final book into what can only be described as half a movie. Granted, it’s a pretty good half a movie, but you can’t help feeling ripped off when the credits roll. This is a product of greedy franchise filmmaking that ironically criticizes capitalist greed in a variety...

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Now Playing: Hungry for More ‘Games’?

Luke Hickman — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:00:52 +0000

Even though I haven’t read the books, I quite enjoyed the adaptation of the first ‘Hunger Games’ novel. Sure, the story felt like a teen-friendly ‘Battle Royale‘ knock-off, but it established a grim dystopian world with some great action sequences. My biggest complaints were the random, unnecessary use of shaky-cam and a lack of characterization...

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