Movies
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Movie review: Interesting ideas tossed aside in ‘The Space Between Us’Feb 03, 2017 12:01 am - Transpiring sometime in the not-too-distant future, “The Space between Us” mixes sci-fi drama, road-trip tropes and teen romance into sugary goo that never jel...
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Movie review: ‘The Comedian’ has lots of laughs but is full of fillerFeb 03, 2017 12:01 am - Even with the character of aspiring and demented standup comic Rupert Pupkin on his resume (see “The King of Comedy”), Robert De Niro was not the first person ...
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‘John Wick 2’ director Chad Stahelski talks about making the action realJan 29, 2017 10:00 pm - Chad Stahelski and David Leitch have been pals since the days they both worked as stuntmen on “The Matrix” series. But being on those — and many other ...
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Movie review: McConaughey gives ‘Gold’ a golden touchJan 27, 2017 12:01 am - The names have been changed, but many of the events portrayed in this “get rich quick” story of gold prospecting in the 1980s really happened. Don’t go Go...
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Movie review: McConaughey is worth his weight in ‘Gold’Jan 25, 2017 10:00 pm - “Gold” returns to the era of “Greed is Good,” with a paunchy and balding Matthew McConaughey chasing the elusive American dream. From director St...
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Movie review: Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ should be a hitJan 20, 2017 12:01 am - When most film critics sit down to watch a new M. Night Shyamalan movie, they often do it with a groan. It’s been that way for about the past 15 years, due to the s...
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Movie review: ‘The Founder’ is a symbol of the American dreamJan 20, 2017 12:01 am - “The Founder” tells the story of how a dirt-bag (maverick?) businessman revolutionized the fast-food industry and made McDonald’s a household name. But di...
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Movie review: ‘20th Century Women’ a charming, insightful tale of women also has men in the pictureJan 20, 2017 12:01 am - The world sure is a crazy place right now. Anyone seeking respite from it for a couple of hours would be wise to check out this little charmer of a movie. It has an adva...
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Movie review: Michael Keaton serves up another great performance in ‘The Founder’Jan 20, 2017 12:01 am - If you think you deserve a break today, buying a ticket for this movie, about the early days and meteoric rise of McDonald’s is a way to get one. It’s true tha...
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Movie review: Scorsese has his viewers suffer in ‘Silence’Jan 15, 2017 10:00 pm - As a longtime fan of director Martin Scorsese, I was pleasantly surprised over the past few years by his highly entertaining “The Wolf of Wall Street” and the ...