2015 theatrical releases archives - Page 3 of 30

My All American movie review: football fundamentalism

Wed, Feb 24, 2016

Not an inspirational football movie but the highlights reel from one, with a golden boy who is his own manic pixie dreamboat. The worst sort of hagiography.

Rock the Kasbah movie review: whitemansplaining, the movie

Mon, Feb 22, 2016

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Behold Bill Murray as the white savior barreling into a foreign land and teaching the ignorant natives how to be better people. Obnoxious and tone deaf.

Woodlawn movie review: Jesus is an Alabama football fan, obvs

Sun, Feb 21, 2016

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A film taken with the singular American delusion that Jesus loves football… though it also throws in a new delusion: Jesus hates the U.S. Constitution.

The Green Inferno movie review: kill it with fire

Sat, Feb 20, 2016

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If there is a target for the pitiless cynicism of this brutal exercise in cannibalistic gore, I can’t figure out what it is. Inhumane in multiple directions.

Freeheld movie review: lovers and fighters

Fri, Feb 19, 2016

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May be a familiar David-versus-Goliath tale, but it is also an inspiring and hugely emotional experience, due in large part to the powerful performances.

Secret in Their Eyes movie review: it should have remained untold

Wed, Feb 17, 2016

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The 2009 Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film has been given a listless Hollywood makeover, one that wastes Chiwetel Ejiofor’s effortless sincerity.