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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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WILD

One woman’s journey of more than one thousand miles began with more than several single steps backwards.

Posted on December 5, 2014December 11, 2014
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FOXCATCHER

Just because you want it, doesn’t mean you should get it.

Posted on November 30, 2014December 5, 2014
trailers

Pick Up a Gun: AMERICAN SNIPER Trailer

Lemme know how this one works out, will ya?

Posted on November 27, 2014December 2, 2014
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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

When the head is a complicated jumble, should we expect the heart to be any different?

Posted on November 23, 2014November 28, 2014
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ROSEWATER

Where does one find the strength to endure, when they are locked in a cell all alone?

Posted on November 16, 2014November 21, 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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BIRDMAN (or THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)

Ignorance is bliss.

Posted on October 24, 2014March 7, 2015
trailers

Prisoner’s Song: UNBROKEN Trailer

Where once I’d be hopeful, now I am cautious.

Posted on October 22, 2014October 28, 2014
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FURY

War is messy and violent – movies about war shouldn’t be.

Posted on October 20, 2014October 26, 2014
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Gunshots by Computer: BLACKHAT Trailer

I find myself stoked for a new Michael mann film…but I’m thinking I might be the only one

Posted on October 7, 2014October 14, 2014

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