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Damien Chazelle’s Aloof Dreamers
Angelo Muredda takes a look at Damian Chazelle's new modern musical "La La Land" and its two, star-crossed lovers.
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Now Playing: “War Dogs”
Vikram Murthi takes aim at the new war-torn satire "War Dogs," from director Todd Phillips.
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“Fantastic Four” Isn’t Terrible, Just Unremarkable
A cursory browse of the Internet suggests that the new Fantastic Four may as well be one of the worst films ever made: an Adam Sandleresque score on Low Hanging Fruit, unusually harsh user rating on the Internet Males Database, and widely reported tales of pro...
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We Were Once A Fairytale: On The Fantastic Four
The story of the Fantastic Four is essentially the story of Icarus. In the ancient version, a young man gifted with wings bound in wax ignores his father’s warnings about straying too close to the sun and plummets into the sea in a rain of melted wax. The Fant...
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“The Divergent Series: Insurgent”
The Divergent Series: Insurgent is so unmemorable that its long-winded, SEO-boosting title becomes a helpful marker for keeping track of what it is you’re watching. The film begins with more “previously on” summary than a late episode of Lost, but even the con...
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Bleeding By the End: An Interview with “Whiplash” Director Damien Chazelle
Only 29, Damien Chazelle has already written and directed two feature-length films, the little-seen (no longer, one hopes) Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), and now Whiplash, a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner this past January. Emotionally ...
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“Whiplash”
The opening moments of the hot-blooded musical thriller Whiplash summon distant sounds of jazz drums as we're drawn to a practice room in a prestigious Manhattan music school and lock our gaze onto Andrew Neiman (played by The Spectacular Now’s naturally chari...
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“Whiplash” Clip: J.K. Simmons Knows How to Motivate Students
Whiplash took the Sundance Film Festival by storm this January when it won not only the Audience Dramatic Award, but it also took home the Grand Jury Award. Damien Chazelle, the writer behind The Last Exorcism Part II and Grand Piano, made his directorial debu...
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“Divergent”: Derivative Dystopia
Not all Young Adult (YA) adaptations are made the same. Don’t tell that to Hollywood executives, of course. Over the last decade, practically every YA novel with a supernatural or science fiction bent has been scooped up for adaptation, regardless of the under...
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It’s Clobberin Time! Meet the Cast of the new ‘Fantastic Four’
Fox has found the stars needed to reboot the Fantastic Four series. According to THR, Fox is in final negotiations with Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell to bring the heroes to the big screen once again. Josh Trank, who previously direc...
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