Terminator Genisys (Taylor, 2015)
Terminator Genisys made me angry. There's plenty of films that leave me unimpressed or bored or just disatisfied. But a film has to be particularly lazy to get me mad.
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When Marnie Was There (Yonebayashi, 2014)
"In this world there's an invisible magic circle. There's an inside and an outside [....] I'm outside, but it doesn't really matter."
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24 Observations About The Terminator on the Eve of Genisys
If you've ever wondered how my reviews are constructed, these notes should give you glimpses into my process.
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Munich (Spielberg, 2005) — Ten Years Later
When something deals with religious identity or terrorism or any of the most serious questions that haunt and plague us, simply being a good movie doesn't feel quite good enough.
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3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets — Lucia McBath Interview
“I have forgiven Michael Dunn,” Lucy McBath says when questioned about the man who murdered her son, Jordan. “I’ve had to forgive him.”
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Oyelowo Follows Up “Selma” with Faith-Themed “Captive”
Oyelowo stars opposite Kate Mara in Captive, based on an incident in which a fugitive takes captive a recovering meth addict. The story takes a surprising turn when Ashley Smith begins reading from Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life.
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The Definitive Ranking of Every Robert Bresson Film Ever!
This guy ranked every Robert Bresson film ever! What he put at #6 will blow your mind!
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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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The Lesson (Grozeva and Valchanov, 2014)
Seemingly harmless misdemeanors affect entire communities.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe ( Adamson, 2005) — Ten Years Later
Do we hold the Narnia films in the same regard as the Lord of the Rings films? I suppose it depends on whom you ask.