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All You Need Is Quill
On the surface of a barren, hostile, alien planet, an Earthman named Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) boogies leisurely across the rocky terrain in his...
Tank Busting
I rather liked David Ayer’s last film, the 2012 found-footage cop drama End of Watch. The financial success of that movie has allowed him...
Maiden Voyage
I am not a Star Trek fan. I hung out with a lot of them growing up, but I managed to miss all the...
Civil War: Shooting Conflict
This past week we saw Civil War, a movie about a second American civil war taking place in the near present. We are four...
Film Shorts
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The Boss (R) Melissa McCarthy stars in this comedy as a disgraced business mogul who seeks to restart her career after being released from...
Terminate This
To: Hollywood studio chiefs
CC: James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Subject: the Terminator movies
Just stop, OK? It’s simply not working. Terminator Genisys is the fifth film in...
Flop Cards
I don't play poker. I missed out on the whole craze that ignited and then waned earlier in this decade.
I'm still not sure whether...
Film Shorts
Opening
Trumbo (R) Bryan Cranston stars in this biography of the Oscar-winning screenwriter who defied the anti-Communist Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s. Also with Louis...
New Friends of Dorothy
The first film version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz appeared all the way back in 1910. Ever since then, movies have been trying...
Women Talking: Voices of Change
I’m usually depressed by the unexpected Oscar nominations, but every once in a while, a pleasant surprise sneaks in. That would be Women Talking,...
