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Triple Frontier Review: Zero Delight

Jason Gorber — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 16:00:49 +0000

I knew little going into Triple Frontier save for the obvious. The film is being released theatrically for a short window before hitting Netflix, it’s directed by J.C Chandor (whose Margin Call, All Is Lost and A Most Violent Year gained plenty of attention), and it stars Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac. This isn’t unusual,...

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‘Detroit’ Review: Hard History

Philip Brown — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:00:47 +0000

Kathryn Bigelow’s ongoing collaboration with journalist-turned-screenwriter Mark Boal previously gave us the searing history lessons of ‘The Hurt Locker’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, uncompromising visions of war that played in the icky morality of reality. Now they’ve turned their attention to the 1967 Detroit riots, a particularly troubled moment in America’s history of racial strife....

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Movies by Female Directors

Josh Zyber — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 19:00:02 +0000

This week’s theatrical release of ‘Wonder Woman’ not only showcases a strong female hero in front of the camera, but also seeks to prove that a woman director behind the lens can play in the big-budget blockbuster leagues just as well as any man can. In our latest Roundtable, we take a look at some...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 17th, 2013 – I Dreamed a Dream in Time Gone By

Josh Zyber — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:00:52 +0000

Do you remember the days when movies wouldn’t come to home video until six months to a year after they finished their theatrical runs? Lately, the release windows have shrunken so much that even major, high-profile Oscar nominees hit Blu-ray barely eight weeks after their theatrical opening weekends. Is that a good or bad thing?...

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Now Playing: The Osama bin Hidin’ Movie

Luke Hickman — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:00:27 +0000

In my opinion, Kathryn Bigelow’s last film didn’t deserve the praise and accolades that it was given. She didn’t deserve the Best Director Oscar and ‘The Hurt Locker‘ certainly didn’t deserve to win Best Picture. The movie was a dry and clichéd husk of the same military movie that we’ve seen time and time again....

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The Netflix Stream: Week of October 30th, 2011

Dick Ward — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:00:38 +0000

Last week was pretty devastating, but Netflix makes up for it this week by penning a new deal with ABC/Disney that brings plenty of new content. The deal also returns some of the stuff we’ve been missing, including the show ‘Lost’, which I should really get around to watching the rest of. Only one movie...

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Fake Criterions – For Movies the Real Criterion Wouldn’t Touch

Dick Ward — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:00:19 +0000

As much as we all love the Criterion Collection, you have to admit that there’s one genre that it has completely ignored – crappy movies, of course. Thankfully, a new site is helping us realize the dreams of seeing Criterion release absolute garbage. Crappy movies are, by definition, crappy. That doesn’t mean that they’re not...

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