Sex, Death and Bowling (Walker, 2015)
Adrian Grenier almost always charms in charming movies.
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The Ballet Boys (Elvebakk, 2015)
The Ballet Boys (★★½) doesn’t quite hold our attention as strongly as First Position, but it should nevertheless please its target audience. The film focuses on the high-school experiences of… Continue reading "The Ballet Boys (Elvebakk, 2015)"
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In My Father’s House (Stern and Sundberg, 2015)
"I want my dad in my life, but I grew up with addicts..."
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Sleeping with Other People (Headland, 2015)
I started to write that it took me a week to decide whether or not I liked Sleeping with Other People (★★), Leslye Headland's Millenial riff on When Harry Met Sally, but that wasn't true. It took me a week to accept and come to terms with the fact that I didn't.
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Finding Noah (Baum, 2015)
To those who are like me, who were always taught that God does not intend for the Ark to be found and any attempt to locate it is a challenge to God, there is a surprise in how much enjoyment and illumination can be gained from Brent Baum’s documentary, Finding Noah: An Adventure of Faith.
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The Walk (Zemeckis, 2015)
I will confess, too, that the last act of The Walk, when Philippe Petit finally executes his tight wire trip between the two towers of the World Trade Center has some swell special effects.
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Boiling Pot (Ashmawey, 2015)
While it is not as accomplished and polished as Do The Right Thing, The Sixth Sense, or Reservoir Dogs--films that announced the arrival of a major new talent--Boiling Pot is certainly good enough to land the Ashmaweys on my "keep an eye out for what they do next" list.
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Actor for Hire (Mizelle, 2015)
Jesse is a young, average-looking, bald guy trying to make it in Hollywood.
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90 Minutes in Heaven (Polish, 2015)
These days when I watch a new Christian movie, my first question is usually: who is the intended audience?
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TIFF 2015 — Our Last Tango (German Kral)
Our Last Tango would be worth watching, if only for the dance sequences.