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[Review] Last Knights

Clive Owen has the right figure and face for a world-weary medieval knight, but twice now he’s ended up in period action thrillers more grueling than the Middle...

[Review] Furious 7

There's something about this series that's transcended any intellectual discussion about cinema. How else does a lamely derivative version of Point Break substi...

[Review] Ned Rifle

That the consensus choices for favorite trilogy — from Lord of the Rings and Star Wars to Three Colors and Before… — are most often defined by their overall sha...

[Review] Home

Alien invasion gets a strangely cheerful overwrite in Tim Johnson’s Home, the latest (and only) entry from DreamWorks Animation this year. The studio, that took...

[Review] Get Hard

The premise behind Etan Cohen's directorial debut, Get Hard, should work. A super-rich finance wiz named James King (Will Ferrell) is convicted for numerous cou...

[Review] Man From Reno

Even though it’s a slow-boil mystery, Man From Reno is film that engages quickly and keeps one transfixed. Like the hard-boiled detective films and noir fiction...

[SXSW Review] Heaven Knows What

There’s a repulsion instinct that makes Heaven Knows What one of the more compelling films on the festival tour this past year. Exploring the plights of the mid...