New Releases
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La La Land (2016, Dir. Damien Chazelle): “There’s something to be said for having even unrealistic dreams. Even if the dreams don’t come true – that to me is what’s…
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016, Dir. Gareth Edwards): Warning: some mild spoilers ahead. “Normally, someone will have an idea for how a concept begins, and all ideas explode…
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The Magnificent Seven (2016, Dir. Antoine Fuqua): Fourteen minutes into the remake of The Magnificent Seven, Denzel Washington saunters into a bar. He’s a cowboy dressed all in black, like Yul…
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Doctor Strange (2016, Dir. Scott Derrickson): Ever since his introduction in 1963, Doctor Strange has always been among the trippiest of Marvel’s superheroes. A sorcerer through-and-through, given to bending time…
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Star Trek Beyond (2016, Dir. Justin Lin): You can’t make a cerebral Star Trek in 2016. It just wouldn’t work in today’s marketplace. You can hide things in there —…
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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016, Dir. Bryan Singer): While other comic book movies are about the money shots — the effects-laden finales, the showdowns between the high-powered heroes and the supercharged villains — Fox’s X-Men franchise, particularly the…
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Captain America: Civil War (2016, Dir. The Russo Brothers): When the Marvel cinematic universe kicked into high gear almost a decade ago, few would have predicted that the guy with the…
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The Hateful Eight (2015, Dir. Quentin Tarantino): You only need to hang mean bastards, but mean bastards you need to hang. — Kurt Russell, The Hateful Eight “You got it?”…
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Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015, Dir. J.J. Abrams): Warning: Some spoilers ahead. J.J. Abrams and Star Wars have been destined to meet since that scene in his Star Trek reboot…
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Sicario (2015, Dir. Denis Villeneuve): You should move to a small town, somewhere the rule of law still exists. You will not survive here. You are not a wolf, and…