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TIFF Journal: ‘Kodachrome’

Philip Brown — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:00:27 +0000

You know you’re deep in the midst of Oscar season when you see a movie that exists exclusively due to a single performance. ‘Kodachrome’ is based on a true story that’s inspirational and blah blah blah… The truth is, the only reason this movie will be released and discussed is because Ed Harris delivers one...

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‘Ingrid Goes West’ Review: #AwkwardGram

Philip Brown — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:00:04 +0000

Every day, social media provides new and exciting opportunities for humiliation. The services have made communication easier and invented all new forms of public shame. It only makes sense that cringe comedies would thrive in this era. If ‘Ingrid Goes West’ isn’t the best to emerge from this culture, it’s at least one of the...

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‘Wind River’ Review: Strong Thrills, Disappointing Politics

Philip Brown — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:00:17 +0000

After getting deserved attention for his screenplays for the bitter modern Westerns ‘Sicario’ and ‘Hell or High Water’, former ‘Sons of Anarchy’ actor Taylor Sheridan returns with another new spin on that distinctly American genre. This time he’s also directing. This time it’s in the snow. This time the move tackles even trickier political ground...

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Sundance Journal: ‘Wind River’

Luke Hickman — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:00:43 +0000

Taylor Sheridan struck gold twice in a row with his screenplays for ‘Sicario’ and ‘Hell or High Water’. His latest effort, ‘Wind River’, came into the Sundance festival with swarms of buzz – especially because Sheridan both wrote and directed. I walked into it with pretty high expectations and was ecstatic to walk away entirely...

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‘Captain America: Civil War’ Review: Marvel’s 8-Year Payoff Picture

Philip Brown — Tue, 03 May 2016 19:00:54 +0000

‘Captain America: Civil War’ plastered a big, dopey, childish grin on my face from start to finish due to how much it truly feels like a comic book brought to life. The movie is unapologetic to unfamiliar audiences like any good comic, picking up in the middle of a large ongoing narrative involving dozens of...

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‘I Saw the Light’ Review: So Loathesome I Could Cry

Philip Brown — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:00:49 +0000

The tale of Country/Western singer Hank Williams, Sr. is such a fascinating and distinctly American tragedy that it seems like it would be nearly impossible to make an uninteresting film about his life. Yet here comes ‘I Saw the Light’, a bio-pic so generic and dull that audiences could be forgiven for wandering out of...

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‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Review: Fine Blockbustin’

Philip Brown — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:00:38 +0000

The biggest problem with ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ is simply that no movie could have possibly lived up to its expectations. 2012’s ‘The Avengers’ had the advantage of being the first movie to combine independent superhero franchises into a rock ’em, sock ’em team-up. The sequel had to not only follow the third most successful...

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‘Godzilla’ (2014) Contest Results

Josh Zyber — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:00:33 +0000

SMASH! STOMP! ROAAAARRR!!! Godzilla is back, and one of our readers will get a free Blu-ray copy of this summer’s new blockbuster hit movie. Let’s see who won. As explained in the original post, we challenged you to provide funny or clever captions for the following image: Honorable Mentions Alex: The moment Megalon began to...

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‘Godzilla’ 2014 Review: Great-Zilla

Philip Brown — Thu, 15 May 2014 19:00:58 +0000

The last time Godzilla came to America, he was subjected to the indignity of a rap battle with Puff Daddy. This time he gets a genuinely awe-inspiring, if overly serious, blockbuster worthy of his name. Thank God… zilla! When Roland Emmerich’s god-awful ‘Godzilla‘ hit screens in 1998, it was preceded by an ad campaign hinged...

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Weekend Movies: Great Clouds Roll Over the Hills…

Luke Hickman — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:00:34 +0000

In theaters across the U.S. today are two supposedly action-packed flicks – one which was screened for press members who had to sign a strict embargo, and another that wasn’t screened in my region at all. I’ll allow you to jump to your own conclusion about what those signs point to. Debuting on nearly 2,900...

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Sundance 2013 Preview: The Premieres

Aaron Peck — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:00:16 +0000

Independent films? Really? Nah. The Premiere section at Sundance is always a collection of films designed to draw a crowd of well-known movie stars to the summit of Park City. The big names, in both acting and directing, are huge draws at the festival every year. It’s been my experience that, within the Premiere section,...

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Blu-ray Highlights for July 24th, 2012 – To Boldly Split That Infinitive

Josh Zyber — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:00:53 +0000

At least in my opinion, it’s rare that a TV box set would be the best Blu-ray release of the week. Perhaps that’s because I stopped collecting TV shows when I realized that I never made time to rewatch all the episodes. Some series deserve a special exception, however. Television We got a taste of...

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