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Reviews (10 posts found)
‘This Is The End’
To much surprise, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s directorial debut – the latter guilty of penning last year’s most abhorrent comedic war crime The Watch – is a surprisingly fresh, funny, and daring comedic excursion with more on its mind that vulgarity (though...
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‘The Lesser Blessed’
Growing up is never easy, and it may be even harder in the Northwest Territories.
This Friday, American audiences in select cities will get a chance to see The Lesser Blessed, a small (but not slight) coming-of-age film from director Anita Doron that makes ...
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‘V/H/S/2’
A sequel's existence is rarely justified beyond capitalizing on the success of its original, and because hits (outside of superheroes and beloved book series, for example) can be unexpected, their follow-ups are usually hollow ticket bait. Sequelmakers often n...
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‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Republished from our coverage of this year's South by South West festival.
Much has been made about Joss Whedon's ability to bring a cast together and let them shine with crackling dialogue over the course of his storied career in television and film. From ...
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‘Dirty Wars’
"America knows war. They are war masters."
"You can't even call this a war."
"Why not?"
"Wars end."
That first quote is from this documentary. The second is from The Wire (and if you didn't automatically recognize it, then you need to go watch The ...
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‘The Purge’
The Purge is an enthusiastically dopey allegory about American class warfare – about the way we’ve woven cruelty into our national moral fabric. To its tremendous credit, the film doesn’t let go of this idea from the first frame to the last. It’s easy to prete...
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‘The History of Future Folk’
The planet Hondo is threatened by an impending comet impact. General Trius (Nils d'Aulaire) came to Earth to kill humanity so that the Hondonians could have a new home. But he was entranced by an invention that Hondo doesn't have: music. So he spared us and se...
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‘Frances Ha’
Like seemingly all things about the twentysomethings of this generation, Frances Ha is either going to deeply resonate with you, leave you completely cold, or flat-out infuriate you. Adding more to this polarization is that it's co-written and directed by Noah...
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‘After Earth’
M. Night Shyamalan is a name that used to be associated with twisty, tense thrillers about individuals encountering the supernatural and the alien. Over the past few years, however, it’s become a name that’s associated with messy, boring, and at times downrigh...
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‘The Kings of Summer’
Usually, describing something as “adolescent” is a put-down. Not so in the case of The Kings of Summer. The movie accomplishes the uncommon feat of capturing what it’s like to be a teenager, while at the same time casting a critical eye on how teenagers can be...
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