Brit Marling is one of the most interesting actresses working today, and she is responsible for writing some of the more evocative films of late. In 2011, she co-wrote Sound of My Voice, an eerie story about a charismatic cult figure that may or may not be from the future. Next up she penned...
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With Trance, Danny Boyle brings the audience a dark and brooding psychological thriller in which nobody and nothing is as it seems. The less said about the intricate plot, the better. A few indulgent words can easily topple the fragile house of cards that serves as plot in the movie. Simon (James McAvoy) works...
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If you experience an overwhelming sense of déjà vu while watching Safe Haven, it may be because you already saw the movie back when it was called Sleeping With The Enemy (1991). That film featured Julia Roberts as a wife who orchestrated a daring escape from her abusive husband and disappeared into the safe...
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Chances are that you are familiar with the details of US Airways flight 1549. Pilot Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger safely landed his plane on the Hudson River after a catastrophic mid-air collision with a flock of geese that rendered the plane inoperable. The incident was quickly dubbed “Miracle on the Hudson” by the press,...
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Cloud Atlas is an epic endeavor of filmmaking that is brought to fruition by a trio of visionary directors, Andy and Lana Wachowsky and Tom Tykwer. Not only have they brought us some of the most innovative movies of the last twenty years (Run Lola Run, The Matrix) but they also relish in the...
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Let me begin this review with a quick public service announcement. If you intend to see Sinister, for God’s sake don’t watch the trailer. It will suck the scares right out of the movie. When I see a horror movie, I want to feel frightened. I want to hunker down in my seat, biting...
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Looper offers stylish escapism for the thinking man. A twist-laden plot rife with time-travel and sci-fi elements teases the intellect, and demands a second viewing to put all the pieces together. Even if you think you have the plot figured out, you most likely don’t. It would be a shame to ruin the fun...
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I’ve been obsessed with cults ever since I fled to my car during a three-day Landmark Forum course and had twelve messages from them waiting on my answering machine by the time I got home. I read everything I could about cults and found that the weekend course I had just attended was started by a...
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When I see the words “based on true events” my interest is immediately piqued. Deep down, I know that term is used very, very loosely, but for some reason it amps up the fear factor on almost any horror film I watch. I can be watching the most mundane, run of the mill movie,...
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You’d think that a movie starring funny girl next door Rashida Jones (Parks and Rec) and SNL alum Andy Samberg will be a raucous R-rated romp full of the gross out gags and antics we’ve come to expect from the genre. Surprise, you’re wrong. Celeste and Jesse Forever takes a twist on the romantic comedy, defiantly rejecting the...
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