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Stream Guide: Ingrid Goes West & Short Term 12 (January 26th, 2018)

INGRID GOES WEST on HULU With plenty of Oscar films to watch, it doesn’t matter that there’s not much to stream this week. Before starting the Oscar Challenge this month, I did have a chance to see “Ingrid Goes West,” in which Aubrey Plaza plays a version of a “Single White Female,” developing an unhealthy obsession with an Instagram star played by Elizabeth Olsen. … Read More Stream Guide: Ingrid Goes West & Short Term 12 (January 26th, 2018)

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Tuesday Releases: Draft Day & Night Moves

SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2014 DRAFT DAY // Before watching “Draft Day”, an exert from a David Denby, New Yorker review resonated in my mind: “Ivan Reitman’s dull-witted movie about the flurries of player trading on N.F.L. draft day might be a commercial for professional football.” Now, I did not find the film as “dull-witted” as David found it to be, but the fact that it … Read More Tuesday Releases: Draft Day & Night Moves

Movie Review: Night Moves (2014)

NIGHT MOVES BY CHRISTOPHER HASKELLSEPTEMBER 2, 2014 Released almost exactly a year apart, the May 2013 release “The East” and the May 2014 release “Night Moves” are both films about activists fighting the law in an almost terroristic fashion. Both containing well-known faces as well as eerie, unsettling natures, they both also draw heavy differences from one another. Whereas “The East” sees Brit Marling’s … Read More Movie Review: Night Moves (2014)

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Theatrical Releases: Maleficent & A Million Ways To Die In The West

Relying completely on the acting talents of Angelina Jolie to bring the character to life, “Maleficent” tries to match the aesthetic and tone of Universal’s fairy tale retelling “Snow White and the Huntsman” but fails to be as dark or as interesting. Without any other acting prowess beyond Jolie, while Sharto Copley chewing the scenery and Elle Fanning is a glorified smiling machine, the … Read More Theatrical Releases: Maleficent & A Million Ways To Die In The West