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Requiem for the American Dream and The Divide documentaries review: economic inequality for all

Wed, Apr 27, 2016

Two powerful documentaries look at the ever-growing wealth gap, and introduce us to some of those struggling through the resultant financial insecurity.

Love & Mercy movie review: strange vibrations

Wed, Apr 06, 2016

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Intense, unconventional, often uncomfortable portrait of Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson that transcends the typical clichés about madness and creativity.

Eddie the Eagle movie review: white man can’t jump, much

Tue, Mar 29, 2016

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Yet another celebration of an overconfident mediocre white man as charming, heroic, and worthy of emulation. It’s inspirational!

90 Minutes in Heaven movie review: God-awful

Mon, Jan 04, 2016

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So deeply terrible that it will make you question the existence of God. The dialogue is the least natural I’ve ever seen in a film not made by Ed Wood.

Black Mass movie review: men behaving badly… again

Wed, Nov 25, 2015

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A solid execution of a familiar tale, crammed with a likable, watchable cast. But it doesn’t have anything new to say about why men do despicable things.

Fathers & Daughters movie review: fit to be family tied

Fri, Nov 13, 2015

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It’s all rather implausible and hugely melodramatic as it milks ham-fisted histrionics from high soap opera. A pitiable excuse for a movie.

Experimenter movie review: the subject is you

Fri, Oct 23, 2015

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A creepy-cool vibe of constructed cinematic artificiality echoes the illusory nature of Stanley Milgram’s notorious experiment into human behavior.

Steve Jobs movie review: insanely great (LFF 2015)

Mon, Oct 19, 2015

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You’ve never seen such a compelling, entertaining movie about a genius jerk. As smart and as sleek as a Macbook Pro, and a compulsory bit of modern history.