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Bread and Butter movie with Bobby Moynihan and Christine Weatherup. Late-life virginity is detrimental to your emotional health. Bread and Butter movie review: Late-life virginity & other social anxieties in…
Lord Montagu documentary. ‘Lord Montagu’ documentary: Anti-gay witch hunt victim became successful entrepreneur and National Motor Museum founder On first blush, the life of a Lord of the Realm, a…
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In Stereo with Micah Hauptman and Beau Garrett: Wit and sarcasm. ‘In Stereo’: Witty & sarcastic romantic comedy In Stereo is a particular kind of romantic comedy – the kind full…
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‘Teacher of the Year’ movie features Keegan-Michael Key. ‘Teacher of the Year’ movie: Smart and funny socially conscious comedy Teacher of the Year manages to pull off one of the…
Mad Max: Fury Road poster with The Dark Knight Rises’ Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky. ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ review: ‘A good movie on its own terms’ Mad Max, the first…
To Each His Own with Olivia de Havilland and John Lund. ‘To Each His Own’ movie review: Best Actress Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland stars in Mother Love tearjerker Olivia…
Avengers: Age of Ultron Review: Marvel Movies Starting to Wear Thin as gargantuan superhero sequels fall short of new ideas
Selma movie with David Oyelowo as Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Selma’ movie review: Politically salient in the early 21st century The title of director Ava DuVernay’s historical…
Interstellar: Space movie with Anne Hathaway. ‘Interstellar’: Space movie is ‘ravishing’ & ‘overextended’ There are many intriguing questions raised in director Christopher Nolan’s ravishing, overextended mind-bender Interstellar. One of the…
Whiplash movie with J.K. Simmons. ‘Whiplash’ movie review: ‘Emotionally explosive film’ Damien Chazelle, writer and director of Whiplash, his 2014 Sundance Film Festival-winning second feature, is himself a musical prodigy…
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Love Is Strange with John Lithgow and Alfred Molina. Love Is Strange movie review: Gay romantic drama ‘beautiful in every way’ Love Is Strange is beautiful in every way that…
Boyhood movie with Ellar Coltrane. ‘Boyhood’ movie: Richard Linklater has created ‘conceptually brilliant new film’ Director Richard Linklater once said, “The most unique property of cinema is how it lets…
Transformers: Age of Extinction with Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor. ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ review: Michael Bay’s latest ‘Transformers’ movie ‘least aggravating of a very aggravating lot’ Suffice it to…
Jersey Boys with John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli of The Four Seasons. ‘Jersey Boys’ movie review: Great music fails to save Clint Eastwood-directed film version of the 2005 Broadway…
X-Men: Days of Future Past with Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine. ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’: Bryan Singer has a surefire hit with latest ‘X-Men’ sequel With yet another spring and…
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man. ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’: ‘Professionally mediocre’ sequel Part of the appeal of Spider-Man, in all his paper and celluloid incarnations, is…
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The Lunchbox with Nimrat Kaur. The Lunchbox movie: ‘Exceptional film’ that deserved an Oscar nomination The Lunchbox / Dabba was not the Film Federation of India’s submission to the 2014…
Robocop 2014 movie with Joel Kinnaman and Abbie Cornish. ‘Robocop’ 2014 review: ‘More interesting ideas than it can properly address’ You’ll have to excuse older moviegoers if they feel an…
Ant-Man movie with Paul Rudd as the title character: Full Marvel Cinematic Universe power results in merely “okay” release. ‘Ant-Man’ movie: Full Marvel Cinematic Universe push doesn’t quite save latest…
Spy movie with Melissa McCarthy. ‘Spy’ movie review: ‘Transgressive’ feminist statement There’s been a lot of talk around the ol’ virtual water cooler about the feminist messaging embedded in Mad…
Hold Back the Dawn: Olivia de Havilland with co-stars Charles Boyer and Paulette Goddard. Hold Back the Dawn 1941 movie: Olivia de Havilland steals show as small-town teacher in love…
Autumn Crocus movie adaptation with Ivor Novello and Fay Compton: Summertime precursor. Ivor Novello last movie: ‘Autumn Crocus’ Can a naive, plain-looking, spinster school teacher ever find real love in…
Midnight Madness movie with Clive Brook and Jacqueline Logan. ‘Midnight Madness’ movie lacks both ‘midnight’ & ‘madness’ Screened at the 2014 San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Midnight Madness has a…
Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise. ‘Edge of Tomorrow’: Tom Cruise, the Last Movie Star, makes latest alien invasion movie ‘exceptionally entertaining’ Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s popular illustrated novel All You Need…
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I with Stacy Martin. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I review: Lars von Trier offers his latest ‘little nugget of genius’ It will be noted long after this review is filed…