Tag: Movie
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Beauty and the Beast, T2 Trainspotting
It’s an Ewan McGregor double feature this week, with Disney’s live action remake of “Beauty and the Beast” and the 21 years in the making sequel, “T2 Trainspotting.” Disney has apparently decided nothing is sacred from their historic vault, and has decided to remake their animated classic film “Beauty and the Beast.” They often recreate…
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Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart for Logan
How do you get into Charles Xavier’s head? Listen to what @SirPatStew has to say in this #Logan interview clip. pic.twitter.com/3EKq2OpvWL — Google Play (@GooglePlay) March 4, 2017
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Kong: Skull Island
“Kong: Skull Island” is the star studded monster movie that no one was asking for. When money and franchising is the only motivation behind making a film, there’s only so far it can go. With a cast of mega-stars including Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman, Samuel L Jackson, Tian Jing, Toby Kebbell, Jason Mitchell,…
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Logan
This week’s (spoiler free as long as you haven’t watched an interview with Hugh Jackman in the last year) review is “Logan” which is the last of the Wolverine solo films, and oh what a film it is. James Mangold absolutely redeems himself for “The Wolverine” (which he did not write, so I assume that…
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Jordan Peele’s Get Out is the Challenge We All Need
It’s not every day that you go to the movies and get to be both entertained and challenged. Though he’s best known as half of the comedy duo Key & Peele, Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out is billed as a horror movie. What’s even scarier, however, is the mirror it holds up to the state…
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Get Out
Jordan Peele is our cinematic savior with his directorial debut “Get Out” – he wrote and directed a funny, thrilling film that happens to confront race issues and tensions head on while still being entertaining. The movie isn’t perfect by any means, but in comparison to some of the other films we’ve seen this year,…
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The Great Wall, A Cure for Wellness, A United Kingdom
Another disappointing week at the movies, with some squandered opportunities by mega directors Gore Verbinski and Zhang Yimou. First off is the “first blockbuster of it’s scale to be filmed entirely in China” – “The Great Wall” which features a horribly accented Matt Damon fighting ugly lizard monsters at the Great Wall of China. If…