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DTLA Film Festival Journal: Josie & Jack

Deirdre Crimmins — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:00:31 +0000

Sibling relationships are complicated. Josie & Jack shows an unusually stressed pair of siblings, and how they cope with the tension between life inside and outside that relationship. Based on the Kelly Braffet novel of the same name and directed by actress Sarah Lancaster, the film focuses on a brother and sister. Josie and Jack...

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Nineties Noir: The Underneath

Josh Zyber — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:00:58 +0000

Sometimes, even filmmakers can be wrong about their own movies. Usually in these cases, the creators have a higher opinion of their work than anyone else does. Steven Soderbergh’s 1995 heist thriller The Underneath, however, is a much better movie than its director would have you believe. The Underneath Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 1995...

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’12 Strong’ Review: Pretty Weak

Philip Brown — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:00:59 +0000

‘American Sniper’ wasn’t a film that I was fond of at the time, but its legacy is something that I particularly dislike. Thanks to the success of Clint Eastwood’s rousing “kill all the evil brown people” war parable, Hollywood essentially revived the old-fashioned war propaganda picture. The latest is ’12 Strong’, a military epic that...

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Review: Heroes with a Half-Brain

Philip Brown — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:00:24 +0000

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have returned, possibly signaling the moment when ’90s nostalgia hits the mainstream. There’s a problem with nostalgia, though. Fond memories tend to make things seem better than they were. Unless you’re an unapologetic Ninja Turtles nut, all this new reboot offers is definitive proof that some franchises should never be...

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Now Playing: Who Was That Masked Man?

Bryan Kluger — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:00:59 +0000

Director Gore Verbinski borrows heavily from his animated Western ‘Rango’ and some other choice films for his latest mega-budget action adventure, ‘The Lone Ranger’. In what seems to be a project greenlit only because Johnny Depp was willing to get into costume and makeup again, this remake is deeply flawed and way too long. Running...

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Now Playing: ‘Drive Angry’ Revs My Engine

Drew Taylor — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:00:34 +0000

If you opened up the New York Times on Friday (or clicked through it online), you might have noticed that there was no review for ‘Drive Angry’, the new Nicolas Cage 3D spectacular about a man who drives out of hell in his favorite charger, with revenge burning in his heart like diesel fuel. That’s...

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Weekend Movies: Nic Cage Drives Angry, Owen Wilson Gets a Hall Pass

Drew Taylor — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:00:32 +0000

Well, I really don’t like being so negative but… Here we are. This weekend gives us a couple of middling studio movies (which I haven’t seen yet, but one I will be reviewing soon). At least there’s some independent fare, including a last-minute theatrical run for one of the Academy Award nominees for Best Foreign...

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