Category: Film Reviews
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Rapid Review: Jobs
REVIEW: An indie gem gives a neat overview of the tech guru’s life, even if it is often preaching to the converted.
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Rapid Review: White House Down
REVIEW: A familiar concept doesn’t stop this Roland Emmerich film from having a mighty good time blowing things up and chasing other things down.
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Rapid Review: Elysium
REVIEW: A heavy-handed sci-fi brings some spectacular action, but gets lost in its own politics and a sea of bad accents.
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Review: The Wolverine
The Wolverine’s second solo adventure tips its hat to the comics, and focuses on character for a mature action epic.
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Review: Behind the Candelabra
The prince of the piano steps back into the limelight as this funny and insightful biopic sheds light on a closely guarded personal life. [stextbox id=”grey” caption=”Behind the Candelabra (2013)” float=”true” align=”right” width=”200″] Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Richard LaGravenese Runtime: 118 minutes Starring: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, Debbie Reynolds, Scott Bakula Distributor: Roadshow…
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Review: Pacific Rim
Monsters from the deep fighting giant robots: it’s the stuff that our wildest dreams are made of. We just don’t remember them having this much terrible dialogue. [stextbox id=”grey” caption=”Pacific Rim (2013)” float=”true” align=”right” width=”200″] Director: Guillermo del Toro Writer: Travis Beacham, Guillermo del Toro Runtime: 131 minutes Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky, Max Martini, Ron Perlman Distributor:…
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Review: The Lone Ranger
Hi-ho Silver, the Lone Ranger is away again! These ain’t yer daddy’s cowboys, as Gore Verbinski brings a little bit of Sparrow to the Old West. [stextbox id=”grey” caption=”The Lone Ranger (2013)” float=”true” align=”right” width=”200″] Director: Gore Verbinski Writer: Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio Runtime: 149 minutes Starring: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, Ruth Wilson, James Badge Dale, Helena Bonham…
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Review: Man of Steel
REVIEW: Warner relaunches its DC Cinematic Universe with its most famous of characters, but is it still Superman?
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