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Sharlto Copley 7
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If Bono directed films, he’d be Neill Blomkamp. His features smugly denounce the ruination of class and racial conflicts while nonetheless seeking easy refuge in clichéd, half-sketched images of said conflicts for the sake of drama. Everyone mocks Elysium and ...
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Blu-Ray Review: “Maleficent”
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MSRP: $36.99
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Region A
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Film: C+ / Video: B+ / Audio: B+ / Extras: C
The high point of the new film Maleficent comes roughly 30 minutes in, as Angelina Jolie reenacts one ...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 147: “Maleficent”
Listen well, all of you! OK, maybe that's a bit of a rude welcome, but it does fit with the film in question on today's new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. For our first episode here at Movie Mezzanine, hosts Josh Spiegel and Gabe Bucsko traveled to a world of...
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Defending Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’
Spike Lee's remake of Park Chan-wook's Oldboy was met with a largely negative response last week and many fans claimed that it was just Hollywood at work again tearing down a revered foreign film just for the money. Money is a motivating factor in a lot of Hol...
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Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Remake Disappoints
In 2003, Oldboy struck at precisely the right time for movie lovers. It was able to introduce a whole slew of canny viewers to the then-blossoming world of Korean cinema. It put director Park Chan-wook and his Vengeance Trilogy on the map. For the film, famed ...
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Disney’s first trailer for ‘Maleficent’ unveils quite a promising film
Disney has finally brought to light the first trailer for its upcoming and long awaited Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, one of the most infamous Disney villains from its 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty.
The feature will also star Sharlto Cop...
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‘Europa Report’: Effective Low-Budget Sci-fi
Europa Report is one of the most immediately involving science-fiction films in recent memory. Filmed in the format of a Discovery Channel style documentary but with found-footage elements, Ecuadorian director Sebastian Cordero draws you in with an incredibly ...
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