‘Slumber’ may cost you some sleep
Slumber is the latest horror movie to explore the demons that come as we sleep
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‘Lady Bird’ is auspicious, alluring and awesome
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away – Henry David Thoreau” “Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson” (Saoirse Ronan – The Grand Budapest Hotel) definitely marches to her own cadence. Lady Bird…
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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Hammers Out a Winner with Humor and Action
‘Thor: Ragnarok” is an effective action film that uses humor and spectacular imagery to maximum effectiveness
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‘Assholes’ will leave you wondering… ‘What the hell did I just watch?’
This insanely bizarre comedy from writer/director Peter Vack is part arthouse piece, part John Waters-esque laugher, part “shock and awe”.
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‘Kidnap’ is a waste of the talents of Halle Berry
Halle Berry as a single mother determined to retrieve her six year old son from his kidnappers
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Head North, East, South or West as needed to see ‘Ingrid Goes West’
Today, when you look at social media, you see that the narrative can be overtaken by people just from Twitter and Instagram. I know when Ferguson was going down those first few nights, I was watching feeds on the ground on Twitter, not CNN – Ava DuVernay The best evidence of the importance and relevance…
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Stowaway on the ‘Girls Trip’
“Things are seldom as they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream” – Gilbert and Sullivan lyric from H.M.S. Pinafore Introducing the four members of the “Flossy Posse” “Ryan Pierce” (Regina Hall – Think Like a Man) is a very successful self-help author whose books sell the concept that women can “have it all.” It appears…
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Charlize Theron is one plutonium powered ‘Atomic Blonde’
Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is “Ich bin ein Berliner!”… All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words “Ich bin ein Berliner!” – John F. Kennedy in a speech delivered in West Berlin in June of…
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‘Dunkirk’ tells the story of a war-time miracle that was not a victory
We must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations – Winston Churchill in a speech delivered to the House of Commons on June 4, 1940 “I was standing on the beach looking across at England when I heard a voice say “are…
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‘War For the Planet of the Apes’ is a solid entry in a strong franchise
“It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man” – H. L. Mencken “The Chinese have a saying; “Before setting off on revenge, you first dig *two* graves”” – Roger Moore as “James Bond” in For Your Eyes Only A decade or so after the events of Dawn of the Planet of…
