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Now Playing: “Jason Bourne”
In this week's critic-at-large column, Mallory Andrews reviews the latest entry in the Jason Bourne franchise, fittingly called "Jason Bourne."
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TIFF Review: “The Martian”
Science can save us. Even if you’re an astronaut left behind for dead on Mars, it’s possible to “science the shit” out of staying alive. That’s the thesis behind Ridley Scott’s latest sci-fi blockbuster, based on the best-selling, scientifically accurate novel...
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On Hypermasculinity: The Objectification of Men in “Magic Mike XXL”
In 1973, British film theorist Laura Mulvey described the “active/passive hetero sexual division of labor,” declaring that men “cannot bear the burden of sexual objectification.” You heard it: They simply cannot bear it. Pleasure of display is warranted in art...
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Birth of the Uncool: The Mind and Movies of Cameron Crowe
Cameron Crowe is a romantic. Since 1989, he’s made eight features as writer and director, and they’re all broadly similar, featuring sensitive white men in search for identity in a world that, to them, has temporarily lost meaning. But there’s more to Crowe’s ...
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Blu-ray Review: “The Zero Theorem”
Distributor: Well Go USA
Release Date: January 20, 2015
MSRP: $29.98
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Film: C- / Video: B+ / Audio: B / Extras: C-
The Zero Theorem begs comparisons to Terry Gilliam’s magnum opus, the ornate dystopian epic Brazil, from the word go: It feat...
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“The Zero Theorem” Waltzes Through Disconnection
The Zero Theorem's first 20 minutes or so are an endurance test. If you can withstand the film's introductory sensory assault, then you can reasonably withstand the rest of it. But the ride remains jarring even when the edges smooth on Terry Gilliam's latest t...
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Top 10 Non-Franchise Spy Films
With Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit barreling into theaters this weekend, it seems Hollywood will never tire of attaching increasingly-nonsensical phrases onto their most popular spy franchises (Ghost Protocol? Quantum of Solace?); or, in the case of Jack Ryan, tho...
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New Stills from ‘The Monuments Men’ Paint a Stunning Picture of WWII
It feels like production has gone on as long as World War II itself for The Monuments Men, George Clooney's film about a platoon of soldiers comprised of art historians and experts tasked with the job of saving irreplaceable and priceless artwork from getting ...
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‘Elysium’ Leaves its Head In the Clouds
Science fiction has long been a platform for storytellers to address the problems of today in the world of tomorrow. Social justice, poverty, disease, ethics, and all manner of contemporary issues have been staples of science fiction films for decades. Take Pl...
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‘Behind the Candelabra’
The sickly yellow color filtering of Steven Soderbergh’s digital work turns fully golden with Behind the Candelabra, every frame shaded in the opulence of its subjects’ lifestyle. It's a fitting aesthetic touch to document Liberace, a performer seen in the fil...
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