Tag: Oscar Isaac
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The force is tepid with ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’
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“Slip to the darkside and cross that line.” – Eddie and the Cruisers In my past evaluations of the Star Wars films, I was very generous in doling out high praise. I was so enthralled with the imagination…
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‘The Addams Family’ snaps back
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“If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.” – Douglas Coupland Time to once more put your middle finger and thumb together and press…
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ races at light speed to new heights
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“That’s why ‘Star Wars’ is appealing. You watch someone fight the perilous monster” – Carrie Fisher As Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens ends, “Rey” (Daisy Ridley – Murder on the Orient Express) has…
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‘The Promise’ uses a love triangle to tell the story of the Armenian Genocide
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There is no shortage of films on the Armenian Genocide. 20 documentary films since 1945. 15 feature movies prior to The Promise from writer/director Terry George (Hotel Rwanda, Reservation Road). However, given the refusal of…
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‘The Dirty Dozen’ turns 50 in 2017 so Tail Slate recasts it
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In the early 1960s, director Robert Aldrich came across an outline for a novel by E. M. Nathanson. He tried to buy the rights and failed. MGM successfully bought the rights in 1963. The novel,…
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X-Men: Apocalypse is good. It’s fun to watch. But it isn’t brilliant.
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Fast forward to the year 1983. Apocalypse awakens. The U.S. remembers the tenth anniversary of how “Mystique” (Jennifer Lawrence) stopped “Magneto” (Michael Fassbender) from killing the president. Magneto remains the world’s most wanted man but…
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‘Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens’ amazes, and enthralls
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By far the best Star Wars film since the original trilogy.
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’10 Years’ is a better than average directorial debut for Jamie Linden
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It is the ten year reunion of a group of former high school classmates. Just like any real reunion, things get complicated.