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  • The Green Inferno (***1/2) – That’s my next tattoo

    The Green Inferno (***1/2) – That’s my next tattoo

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    The Green Inferno – 2013 Director Eli Roth Starring Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Daryl Sabara, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Sky Ferreira, Magda Apanowicz, Nicolás Martinez, Aaron Burns, Ignacia Allamand, Ramón Llao, Richard Burgi Screenplay Eli Roth, Guillermo Amoedo A group of college kids looking to do good land in a remote area of the Amazon. They think they will be greeted as liberators of a…

  • Paper Towns (***) – The train in the distance

    Paper Towns (***) – The train in the distance

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    Paper Towns – 2015 Director Jake Schreier Starring Nat Wolff, Austin Abrams, Justice Smith, Halston Sage, Jaz Sinclair, Cara Delevingne Screenplay Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber based on the book by John Green A gentle teenage road trip movie with plenty of hugging and learning, Paper Towns cloaks irresponsible and reckless behavior as mysterious and awe-inspiring. What it really…

  • Knock Knock (***) – It was free pizza

    Knock Knock (***) – It was free pizza

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    Knock Knock – 2015 Director Eli Roth Starring Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas, Ignacia Allamand, Aaron Burns, Colleen Camp Screenplay Guillermo Amoedo, Nicolás López, Eli Roth If the story is familiar, it’s because we saw it before in 1977. Then it was Death Game, starring two of the film’s producers, Sandra Locke and Colleen Camp. Camp makes a cameo in the film as…

  • Unfriended (***1/2) And into the future of horror

    Unfriended (***1/2) And into the future of horror

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    Unfriended – 2015 Director Levan Gabriadze Starring Shelley Hennig, Moses Storm, Renee Olstead, Will Peltz, Jacob Wysocki, Courtney Halverson, Heather Sossaman Screenplay Nelson Greaves One year ago, Laura Barnes (Sossaman) killed herself as the result of a cyberbullying episode. So, of course one year later, when her friends are all sharing a group conversation via Skype, it only occurs to one of them,…

  • The Martian (****1/2) – The good of the one…

    The Martian (****1/2) – The good of the one…

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    The Martian – 2015 Director Ridley Scott Screenplay Drew Goddard based on the book by Andy Weir Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong In a time in which one person taking the lives of many others gets so much attention, it is nice to see a work of art…

  • Pixels (**1/2) – Perhaps you were expecting Tennyson?

    Pixels (**1/2) – Perhaps you were expecting Tennyson?

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    Pixels – 2015 Director Chris Columbus Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, Brian Cox, Ashley Benson, Jane Krakowski. Matt Lintz Screenplay Tim Herlihy, Timothy Dowling There will always be films like this. A comedian past his prime is relegated to following trends started by better films (Toy Story, Wreck-It Ralph) as a vessel to do the same film he’s been doing…

  • The Visit (***1/2) – Nice butt, Granny

    The Visit (***1/2) – Nice butt, Granny

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    The Visit – 2015 Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Starring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, Kathryn Hahn Let’s get the slumping career stuff out of the way. I mean, let’s not even discuss it. You either have enough juice to make a movie or you do not. This movie is made. Done. Finished. And it’s presented a…

  • Insidious: Chapter 3 (***) – Come on, you gotta try at least a little

    Insidious: Chapter 3 (***) – Come on, you gotta try at least a little

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    Insidious: Chapter 3 – 2015 Writer and Director Leigh Whannell Starring Lin Shaye, Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson, Whannell, Hayley Kiyoko, Tate Berney, Michael Reid MacKay, Tom Gallup  So I love ghost stories. I just do. And as many times as I have seen films that just don’t do it, I keep going back. Insidious…

  • Forgotten Gem: Mi Familia (*****) is where my heart stays

    Forgotten Gem: Mi Familia (*****) is where my heart stays

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    My Family / Mi Familia – 1995 Director Gregory Nava Screenplay Nava and Anna Thomas Starring Esai Morales, Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, Constance Marie, Elpidia Carrillo, Enrique Castillo, Scott Bakula, Jenny Gago, Jennifer Lopez, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Jacob Vargas, León Singer The depth of feeling and wisdom inherent in Gregory Nava’s generation-spanning masterpiece Mi Familia is vast. It’s…

  • Straight Outta Compton (****) is almost brutally honest

    Straight Outta Compton (****) is almost brutally honest

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    Straight Outta Compton – 2015 Director F. Gary Gray Screenplay by Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff Starring O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti, Neil Brown, Jr., Aldis Hodge, R. Marcus Taylor, Keith Stanfield Straight Outta Compton is a story I needed to see. I knew nothing about most rap in the 90’s, even though my music collection was vast. The…