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Oscar-winning documentarian Morgan Neville (2013’s Twenty Feet from Stardom) teams up with acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma to tell the fascinating and emotionally stirring tale of the Silk Road Ensemble. Read… Read More
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Tom Cruise returns for a second outing as Lee Child’s tough guy former army cop, this time taking down gun runners while wrestling with the notion he may be a father.… Read More
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Denzel Washington heads up a diversified septet of gunslingers in Antoine Fuqua’s better than expected remake. Listen to my review Read More
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Gavin O’Connor’s The Accountant sees Ben Affleck play an autistic bookkeeper, whose condition proves to be both a gift and a dangerous burden. Slickly executed yet overly ambitious, the film wrestles with… Read More
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Following the success of superhero film Chronicle and last year’s American Ultra , screenwriter Max Landis turns in another oddball action rom-com with Mr. Right, directed by Paco Cabezas. Read… Read More
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Oliver Stone’s return to form boasts an excellent ensemble cast supporting a fascinating character study of a man who transformed from patriotic marine to America’s most wanted traitor. Listen to my review Read More
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The home invasion thriller gets flipped on its head in this stripped down, smartly executed horror flick that goes to some really dark, sticky places. Listen to my review Read More
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Brimming with magic, mystery and monsters, Tim Burton’s latest family fantasy nevertheless manages to feel lethargic and discernibly lacking in any of the director’s trademark visual style. Read my review Read More
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Woody Allen reunites Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart for this mostly successful jaunt through 1930s Hollywood and New York’s nightclub scene. Listen to my review Read More
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Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood helms this big screen reenactment of the “Miracle on the Hudson”, when US Airways flight 1549 made an emergency landing on New York’s Hudson River in… Read More
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Better than it had any right to be, Mila Kunis’ put upon working mother teams up with Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn in a small but significant act of rebellion.… Read More
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Fashion’s status as a legitimate art form and the influence of Chinese art on Western designers are explored in Andrew Rossi’s engrossing documentary about the staging of the Metropolitan Museum… Read More
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Emma Roberts and Dave Franco find themselves playing for their lives when they enrol in a secret new underground mobile game. Listen to my review (at 34:50) Read More
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Two high school friends try to make it as international arm dealers during the Iraq War in Todd Phillips’ first attempt at more serious fare. Listen to my review (at 24:15) Read More
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James Wan produces this feature length adaptation of David Sandberg’s viral video and the results are genuinely chilling. Listen to my review Read More
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Zac Efron teams up with Adam Developed me for his latest does of comedy hijinks, but Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza steal the show. Listen to my review Read More
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Chariot races, galley slaves and the Messiah himself all return for Timur Bekmambetov’s remake of the Charlton Heston classic, but Ben-Hur proves yet another underwhelming blockbuster in a season packed… Read More
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Following the success of Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls, stop-motion giant Laika tackles full-blown fantasy in Kubo and the Two Strings, the epic story of an orphaned boy with magical… Read More
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