Category: Films
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‘The Infiltrator’ is a good film with great performances
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The Infiltrator is based on the true story of Robert Mazur, a U.S. Customs Special Agent who managed to infiltrate the drug cartel of Pablo Escobar. We’re introduced to Mazur (Bryan Cranston) as he wraps…
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Buy a pass for ‘Train to Busan’ a brilliant Zombie thriller
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‘Train to Busan’ is an exceptional entry in the zombie genre, from South Korea
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‘The Purge: Election Year’ is a solid entry in the franchise
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When The Purge was released in 2013 it was a critical failure but a commercial success. That kind of result is almost guaranteed to generate a sequel, and possibly launch a new franchise. The following…
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‘How He Fell in Love’ rises above typical indie film dramas
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How He Fell in Love is an unusual film in several ways. It’s an indie drama that isn’t making a social statement. It looks at a critical social issue without making any judgments.
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Independence Day: Resurgence breaks away from the original, badly
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“Houston, we have a problem.” Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in 1995’s ‘Apollo 13’ Nearly two decades ago, Roland Emmerich brought Independence Day to the big screen. It won an Academy Award for Best Visual…
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It’s easy to love ‘Love & Friendship’
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“‘Cause the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mister Right” – Madonna in her song Material Girl. The title of the latest film from the multi-talented writer/director/producer Whit Stillman might seem a bit…
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‘Me Before You’ is a real tear-jerker
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Making a beloved novel into a film is never an easy task. Even when the author adapts their own work for the screen, the limits of time and budget make it virtually impossible to translate…
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The documentary film ‘Art Bastard’ is actually quite legitimate
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“The Metropolitan (Museum) to me was more special than a church” – Robert Cenedella Writer/director Victor Kanefsky is known primarily for his work as an editor. Now he’s the man behind Art Bastard, an in-depth…
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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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‘Money Monster’ rates a strong buy
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Betting on ‘Money Monster’ is safer than investing in high-risk stocks picked by pundits