Reviews – Page 23 – Tail Slate

‘Captain Phillips’ is clearly in command

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Tom Hanks and newcomer Barkhad Abdi shine in this excellent movie

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A Japanese film without any samurai or geisha in it

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This is a wonderfully enjoyable, if fictionalized, history of some true heroes.

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This sci-fi film is outstanding filmmaking mixed with social commentary

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Expectations were high and exceeded by the cast of ‘August: Osage County’ thanks to wonderful writing and careful direction

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Based on the true story of a mission in Afghanistan in 2005 that went horribly wrong.

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More thriller and a little less techno.

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This film took nearly a decade to be made and it is nice to see that it didn’t suffer from that long lag time.

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Based on the memoir of Jordan Belfort, a man who rose to the top and came crashing back to Earth

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Good action and strong performances can’t overcome a weak script in ’47 Ronin’