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Mara Review: Don’t Lose Any Sleep Over This One

Deirdre Crimmins — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:00:03 +0000

Though some report that throwing pasta at the wall is the best way to test if it’s al dente, throwing horror elements at the wall, to see what sticks, is no way to make a movie. If you do that, you end up with Mara, and nobody wants that. The story starts with a horrible...

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Fantasia Fest Journal: ‘Dans la brume’ (‘Just a Breath Away’)

Deirdre Crimmins — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 16:00:04 +0000

When the apocalypse finally comes to Earth, there’s no way of knowing what form it will take. Might it be a plague? Or a meteor, like the one that took the dinosaurs? Cinema has been exploring the various ways the End of Days will destroy us, and rare cinematic gems like ‘Dans la brume’ give...

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‘A Perfect Day’ Review: Charmingly Scattershot

Philip Brown — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:00:32 +0000

Fernando León de Aranoa’s latest feature chronicles the odd and frequently unexplored lives of foreign aid workers. It’s a messy and tonally inconsistent little flick. However, in this particular case that’s not necessarily a criticism. The movie goes for a darkly comedic look at the madness of offering help in a war zone, where all...

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‘The Water Diviner’ Review: Nothing to Crowe About

Philip Brown — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 13:00:01 +0000

Some movie stars have pulled off the transition into directing with impressive results. However, when most stars step behind the camera, they tend to deliver multimillion dollar tributes to their own egos that audiences are forced to suffer through rather than enjoy. When it was announced that Russell Crowe was directing his first feature, I...

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‘The November Man’ Review: Bond, Not Bond

Philip Brown — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 19:00:08 +0000

Unless you’re Sir Sean Connery, playing James Bond comes with a curse. Will you be one of the biggest stars in the world for the duration of the series? Probably. How will your career go afterwards? In a word: Struggle. Pierce Brosnan has handled the last ten years of his post-Bond curse about as well...

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‘Oblivion’ Contest Results

Josh Zyber — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:00:17 +0000

Are you an effective team? Of course you are! When I asked you, our readers, to provide funny entries to last week’s ‘Oblivion’ contest, you accomplished that mission with flying colors. Now it’s time to find out which of you has won the prize. Not only will the winner take home the sci-fi epic ‘Oblivion’...

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Weekend Movies: Not a ‘Trek’ Fan? Ha!

Luke Hickman — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:06 +0000

Captain’s log Five dot One-Seven dot One-Three. Get off your asses and head to the closest large-format screen immediately! Leading up to the blockbuster season, ‘Iron Man 3’ was probably my most anticipated movie, but if you read my spoilery anti-‘Iron Man’ post from a couple weeks ago, then you know that I wasn’t satisfied...

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Now Playing: Staring into ‘Oblivion’

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:00:30 +0000

It’s been a great couple of years for science fiction fans. The genre has shown its big head again, and the masses seem to be eating it up. As we gear up for ‘Elysium’, ‘Pacific Rim’ and ‘Star Trek into Darkness’ (just to name a few) later this year, leading the way before summer is...

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