B+
Straight Outta Compton
I should not be writing this review. I told myself I wasn’t going to write it. I told others I wasn’t going to write it. And yet, here I am…
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Pan’s Labyrinth
From director Guillermo del Toro comes a work of fantasy between two conflicting myths: the modern myth of might and materialism and the pagan world of wonder, humility, and sacrifice….
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Selma
I first went to see Selma on the weekend prior to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this past year. The theater was packed – sold out in fact – and…
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B+
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
There are few actors as polarizing as Tom Cruise. Bring his name up in a crowd and you get a reaction smorgasbord. Some love him. Others shrug. And there’s always…
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Inside Out
While Hollywood relentlessly seeks its next billion dollar tentpole – a Ghostbusters UNIVERSE? – maybe MIB meets 21 Jump Street? Oh, so Wasp is in Phase 3? – Pixar’s approach…
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Prelude to a Kiss
It’s been a decade since I graduated from film school, so maybe I’m forgetting, but I don’t remember studying the opening shot of Prelude to a Kiss. Yet it calls…
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Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge is the most spectacular and visually overwhelming musical I have ever seen. Somehow, Baz Lurhman, the writer and director, has crafted a sensory overloaded musical, filled with mash-ups…
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Tomorrowland
Tomorrowland has a simple message: stop being so negative. Yes, there are broader critiques of everything from a disaster-obsessed media to government regulation to dystopic science-fiction but this one message…
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A-
Amy
There was once a girl that nobody knew who loved to sing. She had talent. She had ambition. She was ready to conquer the world. By age 27, she was…
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Jurassic World
This month we review the travesty that is Jurassic World. Join us as we break down what went wrong with the film, and the important calling we have as stewards…
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