When not aboard the squall-navigating ships, The Finest Hours succumbs to its back-of-the-box-recipe script.
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Review: Kung Fu Panda 3 continues franchise’s penchant for excellence
Po might be the Chosen One, but he is also a fanboy and a goofball.
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Film review: Online terror hits hyperspeed in Unfriended
Gradually, the individuals admit their most depraved secrets as the damage wrought is far too powerful for any task manager to force-quit.
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Narratively, the film conveys a back-and-forth between Cheryl’s hike and her past.
Narratively, the film conveys a back-and-forth between Cheryl’s hike and her past.
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The Blue Room delivers suspense, sex, foul play
Suspense cannot live on ambiguity alone.
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Film review: Hercules
Hercules pits Dwayne Johnson with director Brett Ratner, and the finished product is about what you would expect from this not-at-all-unlikely pairing: all brawn, no brains.
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Rampart
As one character states boldly to his face, “You’re a classic racist. A bigot. A sexist. A womanizer. A chauvinist. A misanthrope. Homophobic, clearly, or maybe you just don’t like yourself.” Mind you, this is just from his daughter, so imagine what those with no emotional investment to cop David Brown would think. Or just […]
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Shame
For you, that may mean a morning cup of coffee or a quick jog before bed. For Brandon Sullivan, the New York City-based protagonist of “Shame,” it means masturbating at work. As portrayed by Michael Fassbender (“X-Men: First Class”), Brandon is a sex addict. When he’s not engaging in sexual activity with strangers, he’s downloading […]
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Carnage
That’s not to say “Carnage,” scheduled to open Friday at AMC Quail Springs Mall 24, 2501 W. Memorial, will split moviegoers’ sides. As befitting of a film spawned from a Tony-winning play about four bickering New Yorkers in one room, most of its wit operates on a cerebral level. Stemming from a disagreement between their […]
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
As played by human chameleon Gary Oldman (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”), British intelligence officer George Smiley is as tightly wound as they come, revealing precious little but taking in everything through his big, Swifty Lazar-styled specs. Based on the acclaimed 1974 spy novel by John le Carré, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” […]