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What you look at will eat you alive. That’s what Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer’s characters realize in Jordan Peele’s new thriller, “Nope,” which was released to theaters last …
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Besides watching 2018’s new releases, I also watched a number of older motion pictures – ten of which captured my attention, more so than any others. No. 1: The …
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Yes, my Best of 2015 movie list is a little late. But I wrote it anyway because I hope you seek out these movies, if you haven’t enjoyed …
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Ex Machina and the Tragic Hero By Z.K. Parker When Aristotle denounced the tendency of some storytellers to resolve their plots via divine intervention in the final act, he …
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Michael Mann is not an idea man. That’s Michael Keaton’s Bill in “Night Shift.” Bill is the man distracted to uselessness by his own ideas like eliminating garbage with …
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Bad things happen at night. That’s the impression you get after watching “The Two Faces of January,” a nimble story of betrayal set in Greek cities and ruins where …
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For a 90-minute movie that spends all of its time in a field during daylight hours, you never hear any birds. The absence of avian chirping indicates purpose behind …
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Before outlining a response to the recent movie adaptation of the musical “Into the Woods,” I want to draw out some general slips in some of the approaches to the …
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Unlike many epic motion pictures, Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah” zips forcefully through its narrative, an ambitious retelling of the ark and the great flood that delivers on biblical proportions—cubits, floodwaters, …
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It’s tempting to applaud director David Gordon Green’s newest motion picture, “Prince Avalanche,” just because it’s different from his recent heroic schlub tales like “Pineapple Express” or “Your Highness.” …