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‘Hostiles’ Review: A Grim Oater

Philip Brown — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:00:00 +0000

‘Hostiles’ is the first official Western by writer/director Scott Cooper, whose previous movies (‘Crazy Heart’, ‘Out of the Furnace’) have essentially been Westerns minus the period trappings. Undoubtedly, finally getting to make a real deal Western was a dream come true for the director. Too bad he was so determined to make one relentlessly grim...

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‘A United Kingdom’ Review: A Polite and Pretty Mediocrity

Philip Brown — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:00:06 +0000

‘A United Kingdom’ is the type of movie designed to make audiences leave the theater pleased with themselves for confirming the basic values that they brought into the screening. It takes a fairly fascinating slice of history and reduces it to the simplest and friendliest possible melodrama. The film will bring out a mild half-grin...

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‘What We Did on Our Holiday’ Review: Strong Start, Sloppy Finish

Philip Brown — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:00:19 +0000

If nothing else, ‘What We Did on Our Holiday’ is a strange little movie that never quite plays out like you’d expect. Loosely adapted from a popular British sitcom about parents struggling to keep up with their kids, the movie starts off feeling like a decent big screen comedy and then spirals off into something...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movies Starring 2015 Oscar Nominees

Josh Zyber — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:00:23 +0000

Oh sure, they may be basking in the acclaim of their latest hits now, but this year’s Oscar nominees haven’t always starred in such award-worthy movies. In fact, many of them have made a lot of crap. As we prepare to watch the Academy Awards ceremony this weekend, let’s remember how far some of these...

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‘Gone Girl’ Review: Artfully Trashy

Philip Brown — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 13:00:29 +0000

Based on a bestselling novel and directed by David Fincher, ‘Gone Girl’ has all the hallmarks of an awards-courting prestige movie on paper. Thankfully, the film is nothing of the sort. It’s a gleefully trashy, twisty, nasty, lurid little thriller filtered through Fincher’s meticulous style and morbid sense of humor. The movie is no earth-shattering...

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Now Playing: Another Defeatable ‘Titan’

Luke Hickman — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:00:42 +0000

For the record, I hated the ‘Clash of the Titans‘ remake. The only thing worse than its acting was its awful screenplay. To this day, it also remains the worst example of post-conversion 3D. In fact, the 3D was so bad that some folks in the industry predicted that it would kill the future of...

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