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Film Review – The Gambler
What’s the over/under on The Gambler being worth your time this Christmas? I guess that depends on what you’re expecting from it. Don’t be deceived by the misleading trailers promising an Ocean’s Eleven like time at the movies. Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) doesn’t care about…
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Film Review – Force Majeure
People’s values and instincts are often at odds with themselves; we believe that in a dangerous situation we would do the right thing and yet we can never know until the situation presents itself. Director Ruben Östlund does something interesting in that he creates the…
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Film Review – Inside the Mind of Leonardo
Da Vinci has been a subject that has been dealt with several times in film, television, books, you name it, so Inside the Mind of Leonardo‘s idea of taking Da Vinci’s own words (spoken beautifully by Peter Capaldi) and drawings to get across more about…
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Film Review – Foxcatcher
The awards buzz swirling around Foxcatcher is no joke. Advertisements rely heavily on the tour de force performance by a nearly unrecognizable Steve Carell, and he puts in arguably the best performance of his career as an increasingly unhinged heir to the Du Pont family…
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Film Review – Annie
Although there wasn’t a big calling for a modern update of the Annie The Orphan musical (and I don’t know if the 1982 John Huston film is considered a “classic” by most), I was surprised to be won over by this newest incarnation of Annie.…
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Film Review – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Six films, about twenty hours of runtime, spread out over thirteen years. That’s a lot of commitment for Peter Jackson to give one franchise. And for his efforts, he’s delivered two trilogies taking place in the same universe, but different in terms of quality. The…
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Film Review – The Joe Show
The Joe Show is about the elected Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, Joe Arpaio. Arpaio is a controversial, conservative politician who has won all his elections since 1992. He is most known for his treatment of prisoners in his county’s jails. He makes them wear…
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Film Review – Top Five
Chris Rock’s Top Five (2014) is a movie that is in conflict with itself. On one hand, it’s an insightful examination of fame and artistic freedom. On the other, it’s a sexual comedy of the most obscene nature. Rock (who wrote and directed) is going…
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