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‘The Big Short’ Review

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When thinking about “The Big Short” during the drive home after attending a screening, I came to the realization that I didn’t hate this movie, but I had a difficult time coming-up with things I truly liked about it. Adapted from “Moneyball” author Michael Lewis’ 2010 best-seller, “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine”, this […]
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‘Legend’ Review

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“Legend” is the true story of twin brothers Reggie and Ronald Kray, gangsters who ruled London in the 1950s and 60s. Tom Hardy, who’s established himself as one of the actors of the decade with memorable performances in “Locke”, “Warrior”, “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Mad Max: Fury Road”, plays both brothers – in this […]
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‘Macbeth’ Review

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“Macbeth” is one of Shakespeare’s most famous dramas. This latest film adaptation of the 400-year-old play is not updated or modernized in any way. It’s bare-bones Bard, complete with the dialogue directly from William’s pen and what all of Shakespeare’s tragedies are packed with: lots and lots of death. ‘Tis one of the grimmer pictures […]
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‘Youth’ Review

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Italian director Paolo Sorrentino won an Oscar two years ago in the Best Foreign-Language category for “The Great Beauty”, a phrase that also applies to his latest film, the unforgettable “Youth”. Unlike anything I’ve seen (and likely will see) this year, “Youth” is bold, unique, powerful and deeply moving – the same words I used […]
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‘The Danish Girl’ Review

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“The Danish Girl” is director Tom Hooper’s follow-up to his 2010 Best Picture Academy Award winner “The King’s Speech” and equally impressive and innovative 2012 musical adaptation of “Les Miserables”. In February, Eddie Redmayne won the Best Actor Oscar for playing the revolutionary Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything”. Redmayne has a legitimate chance […]
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‘Trumbo’ Review

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Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo once said, “The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving.” As a new biopic showcases, Trumbo loved to write, and he fought for his First Amendment rights for the freedom to express himself while holding beliefs that weren’t shared […]
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‘Spotlight’ Review

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The latest true-story investigative journalism drama “spotlights” one of the most star-studded casts of the year: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery from “Mad Men”, Brian d’Arcy James (who played Shrek on Broadway), Billy Crudup and the great Stanley Tucci. “ Spotlight ” deals with a controversial topic and a groundbreaking, […]
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‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Review

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In 2009, Warner Bros. scored a touchdown with Sandra Bullock, the actress earning an Oscar for “The Blind Side”. Four years later, they soared together again, Bullock snagging a nomination for her work in “Gravity”. Can this team go three for three with the political dramedy “Our Brand Is Crisis”? Well, early results are not […]
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‘Truth’ Review

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“Truth” is based on the real-life 2004 events surrounding a “60 Minutes” investigative report put together by veteran show producer Mary Mapes (played by Cate Blanchett), legendary CBS News anchor Dan Rather (Robert Redford), and their team, involving then President George W. Bush’s military service. On-record interviews and copies of documents obtained by Mapes revealed […]
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‘Rock the Kasbah’ Review

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Remember when Barry Levinson made great films? I don’t, specifically, because they all came-out before I was born. His latest, “Rock the Kasbah” is set, as the opening title card reads, “in the recent past”. The director of such 80s classics as “Diner”, “The Natural”, “Good Morning, Vietnam” and “Rain Man” (for which he won […]
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