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  • Movie review: 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' warms you with cheeky charisma
    Movie review: 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' warms you with cheeky charisma
    Cinema aficionados will quickly point fingers towards a few familiar comparisons for director Taika Waititi's New Zealand-based festival favorite, "Hunt for the Wilderpeople." The trouble is they will be shoehorning the film into an...
  • 'The Fly' (1958)
    DVD review: 'The Fly' (1958)
    Depending on your age, you might think of the David Cronenberg remake of 'The Fly' when the name comes up. Enjoying that so much, it's only right to get around to seeing the original film.Andre Delambre (David Hedison) is a scientist...
  • 'Deadpool'
    DVD review: 'Deadpool'
    After being teased in 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', comic book fans everywhere wondered when Deadpool would get his own movie. His wisecracks and penchant for violence could translate to the screen well, if treated with enough skill and not...
  • 'Ghostbusters' and 'Jason Borne' lead movies coming out this month
    'Ghostbusters' and 'Jason Borne' lead movies coming out this month
    July is the middle of the summer and is usually the month that we get the blockbusters to come out. That was the trend used to be. This month though there are quite a few movies that are going to get people going to the movies. Disney has two...
  • 'Above the Law' is enjoyable
    'Above the Law' is enjoyable
    Sometimes, it is fun to look at an early example of a genre film in order to see how the familiar formulas took root and iconographic stars got their start. “Above the Law,” released almost thirty years ago in 1988, shows how one of...
  • "The Purge: Election Year" (2016)
    'The Purge: Election Year' receives a mild vote of confidence
    “The Purge: Election Year" (2016) – Contentious, divisive and combative are three words to accurately portray the United States presidential primaries and general election campaigns in 2016. Just turning on the television set to...
  • Celebrate family
    Top movie pick in theaters celebrates family
    On July 1, Fortune magazine reports, "Walt Disney’s Finding Dory heads into 4th of July weekend on a two-week winning streak, having set the record for the largest-ever opening weekend for an animated film ($136 million). It grossed ...
  • the bfg and sophie
    'The BFG' is fun but lack's the Spielberg magic we all know and love
    Steven Spielberg holds a special place in my heart as a lifelong fan of motion pictures. "Jaws" came out the year I was born. As a child of divorce, I totally identified with Elliot's isolation in "E.T.". And of course, Dr....
  • Miranda Bailey
    Bringing 'Swiss Army Man' to life at the multiplex
    Reminiscent of Tom Hanks and his “Castaway” volleyball, the dark comedy “Swiss Army Man” features a young man named Hank (Paul Dano) who also is stranded on a desert island. Instead of athletic equipment, though, Hank finds...
  • "Swiss Army Man" (2016)
    'Swiss Army Man' uses many gadgets but does not connect
    “Swiss Army Man” (2016) - In“Cast Away" (2000)”, Chuck Nolan (Tom Hanks) found himself stranded on a deserted island.Now, human beings are social creatures, and the interaction with others is a vital need that life...
  • Swiss Army Man
    'Swiss Army Man' review: Victor Fartenstein
    Directed by: Dan Kwan and Daniel ScheinertThe Plot: A lost soul (Dano) stranded on an island finds company and a means of escape in a washed up cadaver. (Radcliffe) This is no ordinary corpse though, this model comes with a supercharged digestive...
  • Swiss Army Man
    Movie review: 'Swiss Army Man' dead on arrival
    It's hard to fathom that a movie about a farting corpse with magical powers could not be amazing, but Swiss Army Man (opening today) shows that anything is possible.Hank (Paul Dano) is alone and starving on a deserted island when we meet him,...
  • Our Kind of Traitor
    Movie review: 'Our Kind of Traitor' a serviceable if implausible thriller
    John le Carre is an author known for his taut, espionage thrillers, and Our Kind of Traitor (opening today) is his latest book to be given the big-screen treatment. He penned a number of novels that would be eventually turned into movies and TV...
  • Tickled
    Movie review: 'Tickled' documentary pokes around a disturbing subject
    The poster for the new documentary, Tickled (opening today), states: "It's not what you think." That's absolutely true, but it's also not at all what it could have been.David Farrier is a journalist in New Zealand who one day...
  • The BFG
    Movie review: 'The BFG' a giant letdown
    Roald Dahl's classic children's book "The BFG" comes to life in Steven Spielberg's latest film, The BFG (opening today). It's a fairly faithful adaptation ("BFG" stands for "Big Friendly Giant"), but...
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