Jurassic World (Trevorrow, 2015)
Jurassic World (★★) is not a bad movie, but it is such a contentedly, non-aspirationally mediocre one that it often feels worse than it is.
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Spy (Feig, 2015)
Here’s the twist: Spy was funny.
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris With Love (Fair, 2015)
From Paris With Love is not going to make Signed, Sealed, Delivered the next breakout show, but on a weekend where the choices at the multiplex are pretty crass (Entourage, Spy), it's a serviceable diversion for the audience segment that eschews R-rated films altogether.
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The Thin Place #54: Entourage — Making New Fans and Displeasing Old Ones
In the newest episode of The Thin Place, Alex McKee subs in for Todd to discuss whether or not one has to know the Entourage television show to like the movie.
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Hot Girls Wanted (Bauer & Gradus, 2015)
This much talked about documentary from Sundance is now on Netflix. I reviewed it for Christianity Today Movies & TV.
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Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015)
Fury Road has set a high bar for action films: fully realized world, fully fleshed out characters, fantastic performances, and breathtaking visuals, all going full steam ahead without wearing the audience out
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Because I Was a Painter (Cognet, 2014)
In contemplating art by concentration camp survivors, this austere yet affecting documentary offers a novel contribution to our understanding of the Holocaust.
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In Country (Attie and O’Hara, 2014)
War reenactment…huh…yeah…what is it good for? “Possibly something,” is the reply emanating from this documentary tracking a group of Vietnam War reenactors in Oregon.
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Madden, 2015)
It's clear that when beloved matriarch figure Muriel Donnelly (Maggie Smith) describes hotel entrepreneur Sonny Kapoor (Dev Patel), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (★★★) is attempting to write its own review. Sonny, she observes in a moment of droll understatement, gets a lot of things wrong...but never when it matters most. When he gets things right, it is a sight to behold.
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Farewell to Hollywood (Corra and Nicholson, 2015)
This documentary about the relationship between a filmmaker and his dying young protégée is both troubling and inspiring, but never boring.