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Turning a trilogy into a movie is never easy to pull off, but splitting the final book into two films is even harder. The new “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” proves why.
While...
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Sometimes watching a trailer can result in the entire plot being laid out clip-by-clip without any forewarning. It can leave an audience with the feeling that actually going to the movie...
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It’s tough to find a lasting sense of humor when you take a closer look at the horror of the world’s latest current events. With multiple journalists falling victim to the violent...
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“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
In his newest blockbuster spectacle, “Interstellar,”...
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Few filmmakers have been able to accurately portray the brusque, darkly nuanced tones of love. This rendition of love, often deliberately underrepresented in film, is not found in an...
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Following in the footsteps of “Clue” and “Battleship,” Hasbro has released yet another board-game inspired movie, called “Ouija,” in collaboration with production companies...
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“Low Down” is a biopic about a pre-teen girl, Amy-Jo Albany (Elle Fanning), who is the only daughter of troubled jazz artist Joe Albany (John Hawkes). Inspired by Amy-Jo’s memoir...
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Based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks, “The Best of Me” is a charming, timeless love story of two high school sweethearts reunited after 20 years apart. Its plot is a...
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“Nightcrawler,” written and directed by Dan Gilroy, is a tense and scathing criticism of the unstoppable and emotionally detached coverage of violence in today’s media. The difficult...
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Daniel Radcliffe returns to the big screen in the new movie “Horns,” a twisted rendition of Joe Hill’s dark novel from 2010. Packed with symbolic imagery both obvious (Radcliffe...
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“Birdman” is the story of Riggan Thomson, a washed-up film actor best known for his role as the titular superhero Birdman, a franchise that peaked more than 20 years ago. His career...
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“John Wick” never pretends to be more than it is: a simple, sleek and exciting action shooter.
Playing the titular character, Keanu Reeves is back to his gun-slinging ways —...
