Gotham Episode 1.1 Recap: Pilot
If the central task of a television series' pilot is to convince the viewer to come back for the second episode, the premiere episode of Gotham was a success.
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Masters of Sex Episode 2.11 Recap: One for the Money, Two for the Show
That we appear to be heading to a more conventional cliffhanger at season's end, is one more indication of how the show has struggled in its sophomore season.
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A Walk Among the Tombstones (Frank, 2014)
Frank has scripted another solid screenplay for a tense thriller with good pacing, a high level of suspense, and a decent mystery.
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Mudbloods (Nikbakht, 2014)
Credit needs to be given to director Farzad Nikbakht for presenting the sport, which the players describe as a cross between rugby and dodgeball, as if there were nothing unnatural about it.
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TIFF 2014 — Love & Mercy
I love art, including music. My life has been enriched by it. But I will never, ever, think of a song or a novel or a film, however brilliant, as a fair trade for someone else's suffering.
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Role Models? Dolphin Tale 2 Cast Embrace Chance to Influence Young People
Although they are only 16, these actors realize the importance of highlighting their maturity if they wish to be treated with the same respect. Their relationships with the rest of the cast members, including those playing their parents and other authority figures, emphasize mutual respect
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Dolphin Tale 2 (Smith, 2014)
Okay, I admit that Dolphin Tale 2 is probably not the kind of movie I would have screened in a theater if the film's publicity unit hadn't twisted my arm a little. But you know what? I'm kind of glad they did.
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Video: TIFF 2014 — The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game can't decide if it wants to be about Alan Turing's life or his work, so it does a little of both, neither particularly well.
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Video: TIFF 2014 Reviews — Backcountry
A video review of Backcountry, which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
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TIFF 2014: The Sound and the Fury
Nearly everything in the lead up to The Sound and the Fury's (★★★) North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival screamed to me to run the other way.