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‘Run All Night’ Review

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“Run All Night” is the fourth action/thriller starring Liam Neeson to be released in the last 13 months. Jaume-Collet Serra directed Neeson 2011’s underrated gem “Unknown” and last year’s “Non-Stop”. Both of those films provided intrigue, suspense and engaging storylines worthy of your full attention from the first frame to the last. “Run All Night” […]
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‘Black or White’ Review

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“Black or White” is inspired by true events and stars Kevin Costner as Elliot, a successful lawyer who works and lives in an affluent areas of Los Angeles. We learn in the opening scenes that his wife has just died in a car accident. The couple had custody of their young, African American granddaughter Eloise […]
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‘The Interview’ Review

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After seeing 2014’s most controversial and talked-about movie (that almost wasn’t a 2014 movie), the R-rated Seth Rogen/James Franco comedy “The Interview”, it’s clear North Korea’s concerns about the film’s concept and content are justified. It’s uncertain if high-ranking officials or Kim Jong-un have actually seen the film, or if their outrage was simply triggered […]
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‘Into the Woods’ Review

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If you dare go “Into the Woods”, there’s a lot you will find: A star-studded ensemble cast as fairy tale characters who have been raised to rhyme. A story entangled in intrigue, hope, joy and sadness. And more than 20 high-powered, often in-your-face, full throttle, Stephen Sondheim musical productions. Unfortunately, only a handful truly work. […]
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‘The Book of Life’ Review

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“The Book of Life” is Reel FX Animation Studios’ follow-up to last year’s Thanksgiving-themed comedy “Free Birds”. Here the studio takes-on a different holiday with the help of producer Guillermo del Toro and visionary director Jorge Gutierrez, as “The Book of Life” breathes new life into the Mexican fiesta – The Day of the Dead. […]
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‘The Equalizer’ Review

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Two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington re-teams with “Training Day” director Antoine Fuqua to bring the 80s TV series “The Equalizer” to the big screen. It’s an action film with such over-the-top and unpredictable violence that it’s hard to imagine this version will ever make it onto broadcast TV. Sony is clearly counting on “The […]
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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Review

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A dominating presence in the 90s, revitalized with an animated film in 2007 and a Nickelodeon series beginning in 2012, the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” have come out of their shells once again with this semi-triumphant return to the big screen. On the heels of a fourth “Transformers” and TNT’s “The Last Ship”, The Summer […]
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‘Boyhood’ Review

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Director Richard Linklater’s films, including “The School of Rock”, “Bernie”, “A Scanner Darkly” and the “Before” trilogy, have satisfied audiences with their attention to authentic human situations and emotional truths. His latest, “Boyhood”, is an ambitious project shot over 12 years (with a budget of $2.4 million, or just $200,000/year), with the same narrative and […]
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‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ Review

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Director Michael Bay, best known for his big-budget explosion extravaganzas, and more recently, for storming-off a convention stage because his teleprompter wasn’t working, is rebooting his most famous franchise. “Transformers: Age of Extinction” is the fourth installment in the Hasbro toy robot series, though this title would have been more appropriate to describe the series […]
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‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Review

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The build-up to “X-Men: Days of Future Past” has been gigantic. For the first time, the mutant characters we’ve come to care about over the past 14 years, and their younger selves we were introduced to in 2011’s “X-Men: First Class”, come together. It was promoted as an “Avengers” in the “X-Men” universe. But after […]
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