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Movie Review: Mad Max: Fury Road
Thirty years after Mel Gibson's stoic savior Max Rockatansky walked off into the sunset and Tina Turner crooned "We Don't Need Another Hero" at the end of 1985's "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," mainstay director George Miller... More about Movie Review: Mad Max: Fury Road
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Movie Review: The D Train
There have been plenty of movies revolving around high school reunions (among them, 1982's "National Lampoon's Class Reunion," 1986's "Peggy Sue Got Married," 1996's "Beautiful Girls," 1997's "Romy and Michele's High... More about Movie Review: The D Train
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Movie Review: Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron
"Avengers: Age of Ultron" is huge in size and destined to be an enormous, record-breaking financial success, its $250-million price tag virtual pocket change next to the $1.5-billion-plus it will earn at the box office. If there is a sure thing... More about Movie Review: Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron
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Movie Review: Ex Machina
"Ex Machina" is an unsuspectingly bold achievement of the science-fiction realm, minimalistic in setting yet massive in creative ambition. The sensational directorial debut of screenwriter Alex Garland (2010's "Never Let Me Go"), the film works... More about Movie Review: Ex Machina
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Movie Review: Echoes
"Echoes" has two things going for it: a desolate, uniquely foreboding setting and an initial plot hook involving sleep paralysis. Combining these two elements should have been a can't-miss scenario, rife with opportunities to build tension,... More about Movie Review: Echoes
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Fishing Addict - Nicky Sinden
Nicky Sinden isn’t your average kiwi beach babe. Far from it. Sure, she does her nails, and gets her hair done like every other kiwi girl, but throw a fishing rod and bait knife her way and she’ll soon show you what she can really... More about Fishing Addict - Nicky Sinden
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Movie Review: Furious Seven
Setting aside what one thinks of them as films, "The Fast and the Furious" franchise was thought to be unstoppable for so long—increasing in size, popularity and box-office returns with almost every entry—that it came as a crushing,... More about Movie Review: Furious Seven
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Movie Review: Vice
If one were to describe "Vice" as "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" meets "Westworld," it wouldn't exactly be an inaccurate comparison, but it would be giving too much credit to a film that tackles its provocative premise in the most lazy,... More about Movie Review: Vice
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Movie Review: Insurgent
The second installment of a planned four-part film franchise adapted from author Veronica Roth's dystopian YA trilogy (phew!), "Insurgent" lacks the pop-infused sense of personal discovery found in 2014's "Divergent," but digs deeper to... More about Movie Review: Insurgent
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Run All Night Review
There are some reviews that are short because the subject matter allows very little to talk about. There are some reviews that have to be selectively and reluctantly cut down because there’s too much to talk about. And there are some... More about Run All Night Review
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