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Capsule Reviews: May 2015 Wide Releases
Aloha Comedy (?) where Bradley Cooper plays a military contractor and former soldier who returns to Hawaii for a secret new assignment, where he makes amends with his ex (Rachel McAdams) and finds new love. Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky) was one of the most promising filmmakers ... -
Capsule Reviews: March 2015 Limited Releases
Backcountry Terrific thriller about a couple who gets lost while hiking in the Ontario wilderness and attacked by a bear. And, man, is this film terrifying — once your heart stops pounding and you remember to resume breathing, you'll vow never to step foot outside the city limit ever again. ... -
Capsule Reviews: Fall 2014 Releases
American Sniper I'm torn on this one. My first instinct was to grade this slightly higher for what is a gripping, well-acted war movie that explores the toll relentless killing takes on a soldier. However, the politics of this thing make me uneasy. That the film offers an overly simplified, ... -
The Hangover Part III
After the first sequel to The Hangover proved to be identical to the original, only transferred to a new setting and less funny, I confess that I wasn’t exactly champing at the bit to sit through a third go-round of director Todd Phillips’s Tales of the Wolf Pack. To my ...
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four