Risen (Reynolds, 2016)
In short, you might buy the DVD because you want to see some fights scenes, but you get treated to some character depth too.
Category: Reviews
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School of Rock on Broadway
There's a pervasive sameness to movies these days. Sure there are pockets of exception: festivals and awards season. Summer is starting earlier and earlier. May is not even over and we've already had three comic book movies, with a fourth opening next week. In such a climate, live theater offers an increasingly attractive alternative. And given that more and more movie theaters are raising prices and studios are needlessly rendering two-star action movies into 3D in order to charge a premium, the cost differential isn't always that great.
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The Man Who Knew Infinity (Brown, 2015)
A formula film about mathematical geniuses is buoyed by strong performances from Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons.
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Stranger Than Fiction (Forster, 2006) — 10 Years Later
Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze get mentioned a lot in reviews of Stranger Than Fiction, particularly considering they had nothing to do with it.
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Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party (Cone, 2015)
The world of Henry Gamble's Birthday Party is not one I've ever lived in, but it is one I've caught enough glimpses of the believe exists in some only slightly less grotesque form.
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Keanu (Atencio, 2016)
I laughed out loud a couple of times during Keanu, the feature film starring comedians Key and Peele as a pair of normal guys trying to pass themselves off as gangstas. And good comedies that aren't totally filthy are hard to come by. So that's a mild endorsement, I guess. But...
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Full Frame Day 3: God Knows Where I Am
Linda Bishop's story is poignant and powerful. God Knows Where I Am recognizes that fact yet struggles to figure out which elements of the story are engendering its emotion.
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Full Frame Day 2: Bending the Law
Sometimes we get so wrapped up in the perceived rightness of our cause that we forget that law is supposed to preserve and promote justice for all.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Snyder, 2016)
When it comes to comic books, I've always been a D.C. guy.
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SXSW 2016 Report Card
Documentaries outshone narratives and smaller films eclipsed headliners.