New Releases
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SPECTRE (2015, Dir. Sam Mendes): The twenty men who looked up the long table at this man and waited patiently for him to speak were a curious mixture of national…
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The Martian (2015, Dir. Ridley Scott): Those familiar with Ridley Scott’s work will get a kick out of the opening moments of The Martian: the title of the movie morphing…
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015, Dir. Christopher McQuarrie): Those who enjoy subtext in their action flicks will have a field day with the latest entry in Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible franchise.…
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Spy (2015, Dir. Paul Feig): Behind the body-image jokes and the pratfalls, there’s a wry intelligence to Melissa McCarthy. For every potty-mouthed insult, you’ll find a moment of sweet vulnerability; each…
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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, Dir. George Miller): Mad Max: Fury Road is not many things. It is not subtle, complex, or original. But it is most definitely a George…
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Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Dir. Joss Whedon): Seven years and eleven films later, Marvel has become a fact of life, a snowball gaining speed, a juggernaut that (to paraphrase from another film franchise)…
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Jupiter Ascending (2015, Dir. The Wachkowskis): By the time you read this review, Andy and Lana Wachkowski’s Jupiter Ascending will have already been banished from the cinemas, a certified box office bomb.…
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Nightcrawler (2014, Dir. Dan Gilroy): “I’d like to think if you’re seeing me you’re having the worst day of your life.” — Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler “I hate street accidents. I can’t…
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American Sniper (2014, Dir. Clint Eastwood): You don’t think of the people you kill as people. They’re just targets. You can’t think of them as people with families and jobs.…
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Predestination (2014, Dir. Michael and Peter Spierig): You could say we were born into this job. — Ethan Hawke, Predestination I know where I came from – but where did…