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Elsewhere Review: “13 Hours” is Bay at his best
As always, clicky for the original piece! Nutshell: Read the title of this post. It’s Bay at his best. Bloody, fantastic, and bloody fantastic. A kickass ensemble cast, whipsmart direction, on-point cinematography and glorious art direction. Ooh-rah! Grade: A 13 … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Bay, Movie Reviews, War Movies
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“Joy” delivers anything but.
What can I say? I get angry when a film with such promise ends up being a lazy also-ran. As always, clicky for the original piece! TwitView: Joy An interesting premise that stalls upon execution. Saved from complete dreck by … Continue reading
Elsewhere Review: “Concussion” powerful, but not particularly hard-hitting
As always, clicky for the original piece! “Concussion”: powerful, but not particularly hard-hitting Nutshell: If anyone walks away from Concussion without grieving for those who suffered/are suffering from CTE? They’re dead inside. Amazing performances by actors playing affected football players … Continue reading
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Tagged Biopics, Docudramas, Elsewhere Reviews, Movie Reviews
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Elsewhere Review: Sisters – a glory-days good time
As always, clicky for the original piece! Nutshell: Sisters takes the well-worn frat/house party story and winds it up by plopping a bunch of 40-somethings into the booze and drug filled mix. Sounds like a crash-and-burn, but if you’re not … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Poehler, Comedies, Elsewhere Reviews, Geek for e, Tina Fey
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Elsewhere Review: Our Brand is Crisis
As always, clicky for the original piece! Review: Our Brand is Crisis October 30, 2015 by Denise Kitashima Dutton Bullock and Thornton have great frenemy chemistry as competing political stragegists in Bolivia, and the setting and story are captivating. But … Continue reading
Elsewhere Review: Freeheld
As always, clicky the title for the original piece! Movie Review: Freeheld Nutshell: a story about two quiet people who had to stand up for their rights doesn’t have to be this quiet. In searching for the heart of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Award Season, Geek for e, Movie Reviews
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Elsewhere Review: Straight Outta Compton
Too lazy to write up another bit of something on this fabulous film, so here’s the piece I wrote at Geek for e. As always, clicky on the title for the original piece! TwitView: Straight Outta Compton Powerfully acted, amazing … Continue reading
Elsewhere Review: Trainwreck
As always, clicky on the title for the original piece! Movie Review: Trainwreck Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer are two great tastes that taste great together. Great. Now I want a Reeses. I’m a big Inside Amy Schumer fan. I … Continue reading
Wayback Review: The Change-Up
In honor of the killer Deadpool trailer shown at SDCC (what? Google y’all) I present an earlier work in Ryan Reynold’s oeuvre: The Change-Up. As always, clicky on the title for the original piece! Movie Review — The Change-Up | … Continue reading
Elsewhere Review: The Gallows
As always, clicky on the title for the original piece! Movie Review: The Gallows A great concept hung up (heh) by a hackneyed use of “found-footage” film. Can we all agree that this “new, exciting” style is long past its … Continue reading
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