All posts tagged "Review"
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SLIFF 2015 Review – BAND OF ROBBERS
This new feature film brings up an interesting question: are literary icons timeless? Aside from science fiction tales,...
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SLIFF 2015 Review – SLEEP WITH ME
SLEEP WITH ME takes a downbeat look at the traditional marriage vows. Well, one in particular, you know...
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SLIFF 2015 Review – THE 33
Here’s a docudrama unique in the long history of films “inspired by true events”. It seemed that during...
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SLIFF 2015 Review – EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT
We often hear people remark about how they’ve got a tune or melody “stuck in their head”. The...
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SLIFF 2015 Review – 3 1/2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS
This award-winning documentary focuses on an issue still making headlines and filling up hours on the TV news....
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SLIFF 2015 Review – BROOKLYN
Film fans of a certain…ahem…age are often grousing about the current state of cinema, saying that “they don’t...
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OUR BRAND IS CRISIS (2015) – The Review
So you’re tired of all the news reports and headlines about those campaigning for the president, in an...
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ROCK THE KASBAH – The Review
“Long live rock and roll!” Turns out that this is really true. I mean the Rolling Stones are...
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LABYRINTH OF LIES – The Review
Screenplays have been populated by characters trying to move forward and escape their ugly past since the creation...
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THE DIABOLICAL – The Review
An original idea is not necessarily enough on its own to ensure a successful film, but it certainly...
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BEASTS OF NO NATION – The Review
Cinema can often be a doorway to witness events going on far from your hometown theatre (or multiplex)....
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FREEHELD – The Review
It’s been said time and again that major changes in the law and society can actually begin with...
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DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD – The Review
Attention comedy geeks everywhere! To paraphrase a literary classic, this new documentary feature lets us all “look back...
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99 HOMES – The Review
Hello class, welcome to cinema economics 101. Before you start rolling your eyes, I should tell you that...
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FINDERS KEEPERS (2015) – The Review
How can anyone argue with the rules of our childhood? Finder’s keepers is as sacred an adolescent law...
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THE MARTIAN – The Review
We’re almost a week into the Fall, a time for serious stuff at the cinema, not saucers and...
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COMING HOME (2014) – The Review
Let’s get this out-of-the-way. This new film from China has nothing to do with the Oscar-winning 1970’s classic...
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A BRAVE HEART: THE LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY – The Review
Life is hard. Just speaking in general terms, the daily grind of modern life takes a toll on...
