Tag: 2016
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Review: Pete’s Dragon
REVIEW: This is one Disney remake that captures the wonder of its legacy.
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Review: Snowden
“No matter who you are, you’re sitting in a database just waiting to be looked at.” By virtue of clicking on the link that led you to this review, you’ve contributed to the massive amounts of data that is being collected about you. Your search histories, your credit card purchases, your Über rides, your PokémonGo checkins, and…
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Review: The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
The band you know. The footage you also know.
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Review: Captain Fantastic
A film that lives up to its title, and may make you reconsider where you are spending your life energies.
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Review: Sully
“It’s been a while since New York had news this good, especially with an airplane in it.” Watching the recreation of US Airways Flight 1549 veering through the buildings of New York City, it’s impossible not to be reminded of 9/11. In fact, it’s a parallel that director Clint Eastwood makes multiple times throughout SULLY, the biopic…
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Review: Don’t Breathe
REVIEW: An original horror creation that comes with a gripping sense of style, and some shocking twists to unexpected places.
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Review: Nerve
REVIEW: A timely film on the culture of anonymity in the web, and the dangers of groupthink.
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Review: Free State of Jones
REVIEW: A powerful perspective on the impact of war, with a surprising secondary narrative.
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Review: Ben-Hur
REVIEW: Standing up to the shadow of its epic forebears, there’s a positive message to this Biblical action film.
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