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the finest hours

This is the third movie of the final six months,that’s taken place in 1952 (Brooklyn and Carol...

suffragette

I worship how this film is pushing Meryl Streep’s involvement and she has merely one scene. And in...

criminal

It’s tough to believe it’s been 20 years since Fiona Apple released the noteworthy song...

barbershop: the next cut

The premise of this Barbershop has the place becoming a unisex salon so that they can stay in trade....

zoolander 2

As a movie critic,we often obtain emails sent to us about the movies coming out. Usually there will...

miss you already

I went to this screening at a time where watching a woman fighting breast cancer was the final thing...

no escape

It’s called No Escape and (spoiler alert)…they escaped! But approach on,you knew they would....

the bronze

This was a very frustrating movie to sit through. It’s such a mighty premise. They’re taking a...

the revenant

It’s weird that so soon after The Hateful Eight,we collect another Western filmed in snow, that...

the big short

The Big Short falls a bit short. Based on the Michael Lewis best-seller,comedic director and former...

peggy guggenheim: art addict

This is the perfect type of documentary to see. It’s a person you don’t know a lot about,and you...

dough

I often hate the titles movies hold,but “Dough” is perfect for this. Jonathan Pryce (Brazil,...

remember

There’s nothing I like more than talking movies with San Diego Reader critic Scott Marks. It can...

hail, caesar!

Just as Tarantino likes to attain movies with bounty hunters and blood — the Coen brothers like to...

sisters

You know what’s unhappy? The cast of Sisters was on Seth Myers note the other night and they were...

drunk stoned brilliant dead: the story of the...

I was born in 1969,so when it came to magazine satire and parodies, my brother and I...

a walk in the woods

The title A Walk in the Woods sounds like it’ll be another horror movie. Instead,it’s Wild Hogs,...

batman v. superman: dawn of justice

Every critic reviewing this film is going to say “At least it’s better than Man of Steel.”...

daddy s home

I missed the press screening of Daddy’s Home,and I didn’t intellect. I’ve gotten burned out on...

bridge of spies

I showed up to the screening of this a few minutes late. That’s a shame,because the opening scene...

high rise

Director Ben Wheatley (Kill List,Sightseers) gives us his adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel...

sing street

To San Diegans,the name John Carney brings memories of the talented Chargers kicker. To film fans,...

boy and the world

Not since the animated Anastasia or the animated segments of Pink Floyd’s The Wall,did I ever...

trumbo

I wondered why they were making a film about screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) when there...

the 33

I feel a special bond with the 33 Chilean miners that were trapped for 69 days. That’s because...

love friendship

Writer-director Whit Stillman brought his two final Days of Disco co-stars to go farther back than...

the nice guys

Half way through this film,during a party at a porn producer’s house, I leaned into my girlfriend...

the meddler

The commercials for this film looked horrible. Luckily,the film is better than the trailers. Not...

hello, my name is doris

After seeing commercials and interviews that showed clips of Sally Field making out with her much...

fantastic four

I watched this movie in the best way possible. I was coming off days of hatred over the Meryl Streep...

mr. holmes

I’m writing my review as I hear all the news stories approximately another Mr. Holmes – the guy...

gods of egypt

As a kid in the ‘70s,I’ll never forget the thrill of watching the Ray Harryhausen Sinbad movies...

legend

We’ve all known Tom Hardy is a brilliant actor. In the overrated Locke,it’s just him in a car...

goosebumps

Goosebumps children novels were written by R. L. Stine. The film tells us (in a humorous way),that...

the hunger games: mockingjay part 2

Jennifer Lawrence has proven herself to be an improbable actress (I’m still surprised more people...

creative control

I viewed this movie at a time that was perhaps the worst for reviewing it. Im still coming off the...

janis: little girl blue

I watched this documentary the day I found out that local singer Scott Weiland (Stone Temple...

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