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Spider-Man: Far from Home Review – Peter Parker’s European Vacation

Jason Gorber — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:00:01 +0000

Who’s super strong and really sticky? Why, it’s your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, coming to terms with his role in a post-Endgame world. From the opening scene involving a sendoff for those who died in the last Avengers film, this is an explicit sign-off to an entire era of Marvel moviemaking, with a new generation ready...

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Now Streaming: Velvet Buzzsaw

Jason Gorber — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:00:51 +0000

My adoration for Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler is immense. The thought him collaborating again with Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo on a new movie that skewers the pretentions of the art world gave me hope that Velvet Buzzsaw would be halfway decent. Instead, we’re treated to a horrid mess of a film. Tonally all over the...

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TIFF Journal: The Sisters Brothers

Philip Brown — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:00:27 +0000

The Sisters Brothers is another contemporary Western that seems to exist purely to prove that the genre is still relevant while telling a story about the demise of the West. It all started with Peckinpah before Eastwood kept at it for decades and then others followed suit. It can feel frustratingly limited to only explore...

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Cannes Journal: ‘Wildlife’

Jason Gorber — Thu, 31 May 2018 17:00:57 +0000

Paul Dano explodes out of the gate with his directorial debut. ‘Wildlife’ immediately establishes him as an independent director to be contended with. Written in collaboration with Zoe Kazan and based on a novel by Richard Ford, this period family drama is as emotionally raw and intellectually enriching as many of the roles Dano has...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Stronger’

Philip Brown — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:00:11 +0000

As far as inspirational triumph-over-adversity” Oscar bait pictures go, ‘Stronger’ is a surprisingly complex effort. At its best, the film questions the nature of what constitutes heroism and never panders. Well, at least until the end. This genre just can’t help itself. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Jeff Bauman, a man made famous by a photograph...

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The Trailer Park: A Fictionalized Truth

M. Enois Duarte — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 12:00:13 +0000

With the summer movie season now in full swing, it’s time to look ahead at what to expect in the fall and winter. We start with a trio of tales loosely based on true stories. ‘The Greatest Showman’ Visual effects artist Michael Gracey makes his directorial debut with a musical bio-drama about P.T. Barnum, the...

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‘Life’ Review: Choose Something Else

Philip Brown — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 17:00:07 +0000

Hey, remember that space octopus movie that you didn’t want? Well it’s here. Is it a ‘Venom’ prequel? Nope. (Sorry, Reddit.) Is it a good movie? Not really. (Sorry, world.) Will anyone remember ‘Life’ existed next week? Definitely not. (Sorry, everyone who made this.) 1979’s ‘Alien’ might have told us that in space no one...

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The Trailer Park: A Long Time Coming

M. Enois Duarte — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 13:00:48 +0000

The biggest movie news of the week has got to be the teaser trailer for the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s sci-fi cult classic. Let’s take a look. ‘Blade Runner 2049’ The moment I watched this preview, I’m somewhat certain I yelled like a giddy schoolgirl. However, I have some reservations, primarily a concern about...

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‘Nocturnal Animals’ Review: Meta Tragedy

Philip Brown — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 20:00:50 +0000

Weaving stories within stories within pretty pictures, Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’ is an immaculately constructed cinematic contraption that just might be a little empty inside. Like the fashion designer-turned-director’s previous feature, ‘A Single Man‘, the aesthetic qualities of the film are designed down to the tiniest detail, but emotions run cold and humanity remains distant....

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‘Demolition’ Review: Good Grief

Philip Brown — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 15:00:49 +0000

Grief and movies don’t tend to go particularly well together. That’s not to say that the depressingly universal emotion is unworthy of cinematic study. However, more often than not, grief is treated in one of two ways in movies. Either it’s depicted as a lot of sullen starring into the blackness – often by a...

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Contest: Win ‘Everest’ on Blu-ray!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:45:25 +0000

It’s time for our first contest of 2016, and I think we’ve lined up a pretty interesting flick to give away. Enter now for your chance to win the nature survival thriller ‘Everest‘ on Blu-ray. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke and Josh Brolin, the film tells the harrowing true story of the ill-fated 1996 expedition...

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‘Everest’ Review: Such Great Heights

Luke Hickman — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:00:37 +0000

The mountaineering sport is not new to feature films. Amongst others, we’ve seen it in the action-thriller ‘Cliffhanger‘ and in the drama ‘Vertical Limit‘. Telling the true story of a tragic guided expedition to the peak of the largest mountain on Earth, with a minimal amount of sensationalizing, ‘Everest’ achieves the spectacle, tension and quality...

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