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Tag: 3.5 stars

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STEVE JOBS

In art, It’s not always important to state the facts. What’s far more interesting is to allow the audience listen to the truth.

Posted on November 1, 2015January 11, 2017
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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION

Five films in, and the franchise has finally figured things out. They trick is less impossible; more mission.

Posted on August 13, 2015August 21, 2015
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DOPE

Why do teenagers look to the past to help them make their way through the present?

Posted on June 28, 2015July 8, 2015
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EX MACHINA

Mankind’s fascination with AI suggests a death wish, leaving us to ask ourselves how we actually want to go.

Posted on May 10, 2015May 16, 2015
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A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

We portray a certain side of ourselves to the world at large…and sometimes that person just invites bad things.

Posted on February 1, 2015September 11, 2020
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A MOST VIOLENT YEAR

What goes into selling an image – and just how hard is it to destroy that image?

Posted on January 30, 2015February 5, 2015
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MR. TURNER

What do you see and how do you see it?

Posted on December 19, 2014December 25, 2014
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THE IMITATION GAME

Is there ever such a thing as a good lie? And even if there is, why would one ever want to be a good liar?

Posted on December 14, 2014December 20, 2014
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INTERSTELLAR

Like so many other great science fiction films of the past, this offering is fierce, forceful, and flawed.

Posted on November 7, 2014December 11, 2014
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NIGHTCRAWLER

Ambition is a great thing, but not when it leaves the rest of us feeling so rotten

Posted on October 31, 2014November 5, 2014
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WHIPLASH

Are we robbing ourselves of great talent by handing out so many participation medals?

Posted on October 26, 2014October 31, 2014
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GONE GIRL

Leave any man alone long enough and he’ll show you his true colours. Spoiler alert: They aren’t very pretty colours.

Posted on October 3, 2014October 8, 2014

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