Yet another science-fiction oriented young adult series debuts from 20th Century-Fox, the studio that has specialized in science-fiction epics since the 1960s. This one has amnesiac young men trying to survive in a glade surrounded by a huge stone maze. […]
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The Equalizer (2014) ☆ ☆ ☆
It used to be that some television series (and later TV movies as remakes) were derived from hit films. That still occurs, but more often now movies originate on the small screen, then migrate to the big screen as big […]
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Upon hearing that Kevin Kline was going to portray Errol Flynn in a new movie, I was dubious, but I shouldn’t have been. Kline is and has always been a very good actor whose movie roles haven’t always matched the […]
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This is a well-made, classy movie that should make foodies drool and which hopes to inspire its viewers to treat everyone with respect. It’s “hook” is the food angle — specifically its story of how an Indian family establishes a […]
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Utopian / dystopian societal films are extremely difficult to make well, evidently, because there are so few great examples out there. The Giver has a lot of merit going for it, especially in the first half, but then it, too, breaks […]
Continue reading »When the Game Stands Tall (2014) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Not all sports stories are inspirational but most of them are, or try to be, and some of the best have messages or statements about life that transcend their sporting tales. When the Game Stands Tall attempts to be one of […]
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I find it difficult to properly review a movie like this. For one thing, this is a movie rather than a film. Its artistic intentions are minimal and are almost all of a technical nature, concerning stunt work, martial arts […]
Continue reading »Into the Storm (2014) ☆ ☆
I’ve been wanting to see this movie ever since I saw its preview, in which a gigantic tornado devastates a small town. In the preview, and in the film, the tornado hits an airport and lifts huge airliners into the […]
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John Le Carré has been writing espionage novels for half a century now, and some classic movies have resulted, chief among them The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), The Little Drummer Girl (1984), The Constant Gardener (2005) and two TV […]
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Woody Allen is at it again, exploring love and death in an engaging romance set in France during the 1920s. For much of the movie love takes a back seat to death, as the story centers on a spiritualist (Emma […]
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