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7.5/10
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The Fits
(2015)
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Dominic Griffin
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By leaving that underpinning ambiguous, The Fits becomes a welcome cypher. Excising any real specificity engenders a deeper sense of universality that allows the film to speak purely on something otherwise untranslatable.
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8/10
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Steve Jobs
(2015)
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Dominic Griffin
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The film never manufactures a leap of maturation in Jobs, rather it leverages Fassbender's innate likability and subtle acting choices to imply the kind of realistic growth you might actually witness in real life.
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6/10
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Beasts of No Nation
(2015)
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Dominic Griffin
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Beasts is a harrowing experience, but a powerful one. It might read as derivative to a cynic, but there's something palpable at the film's core that can't be denied.
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7.5/10
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Furious 7
(2015)
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Dominic Griffin
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We want these films to go on forever, and perhaps they will; but, for now, this is a fine film to ride off into the sunset to.
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8.5/10
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Mad Max: Fury Road
(2015)
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Dominic Griffin
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Fury Road seems aimed at dudes who fetishize chrome and steel, but Miller plants seeds of bolder, more incendiary ideas within the bro-fantasy.
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7.5/10
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A Most Violent Year
(2014)
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Dominic Griffin
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All the elements you want from a movie called A Most Violent Year are present, but not in the genre-fulfilling forms you may hope to be sated by.
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7.5/10
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
(2014)
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Dominic Griffin
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Birdman sidesteps the inside baseball stigma of most behind the scenes films by transcending being a story about fame or Hollywood. Rather, it functions as a sobering meditation on the destructive double-edged sword of validation.
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8/10
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John Wick
(2014)
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Dominic Griffin
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Why does it work? That's probably a better question. On paper, this movie falls somewhere between Commando and Taken in terms of getting from Point A to Point B, but in execution, John Wick just feels like a special journey.
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7/10
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Interstellar
(2014)
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Dominic Griffin
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Moreso than any of his previous projects, Interstellar left me largely confounded, wondering if Nolan had finally "lost it."
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6.5/10
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Stretch
(2014)
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Dominic Griffin
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Stretch has a lot of things going for it that similar underachieving films don't, namely Patrick Wilson in the lead.
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7/10
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Foxcatcher
(2014)
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Dominic Griffin
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Foxcatcher is an impressive film that depicts the double edged sword of male camaraderie, a blade that offers safety and comfort while unintentionally fomenting jealousy and contempt.
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7/10
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The Skeleton Twins
(2014)
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Dominic Griffin
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You have to craft stories about people who feel real, then you can let your audience laugh and cry accordingly (...) The Skeleton Twins succeeds on both fronts, because its main concern is to make you feel something.
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8/10
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Gone Girl
(2014)
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Dominic Griffin
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It doesn't pretend it's some prestige picture Oscar bait, confident in its genre origins, like a Michelin star chef sprucing up a fatty burger with fries.
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8/10
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Snowpiercer
(2013)
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Dominic Griffin
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Snowpiercer has action, heart, a sense of humor, and a powerful message. The cast is talented and diverse. (...) It's the kind of genre movie the world needs more of.
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7.5/10
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Whiplash
(2014)
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Dominic Griffin
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Whiplash is a thrilling nailbiter that ruminates on the cost of great art, nature vs nurture and the sacrifices one makes for one's craft...
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6/10
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
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Dominic Griffin
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It's one of the best times you're likely to have in a theater this year. It doesn't make a ton of sense, but it doesn't always have to. It's the X-Men.
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7/10
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Meet Me There
(2013)
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Dominic Griffin
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Runnels, in particular, delivers an amazing performance with his small amount of screen time. (...) he manages to be captivating in a different way, cannibalizing every frame he's in, like a mesmerizing black hole.
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8/10
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
(2014)
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Dominic Griffin
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I left the theater wanting to dropkick people and throw circular disks of patriotism at inequality.
Posted Jul 16, 2019
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7.5/10
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The World's End
(2013)
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Dominic Griffin
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The film relies far less heavily on pop culture reference and cheap Comic-Con leaning fan service, in favor of a deeply personal tale of friendship and growing up.
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7.5/10
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The Grandmaster
(2013)
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Dominic Griffin
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Ultimately, it's a kung fu film about wit and cunning and life and art and love. The focus is on the relationships between these characters, and the historical fiction element serves merely as a backdrop.
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8/10
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12 Years a Slave
(2013)
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Dominic Griffin
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It's an exhausting journey through one man's experiences being denied his humanity, a decade living as property. There's no lesson to be learned. If you need a movie to tell you that slavery is wrong, well, this movie isn't for you. No movie is.
Posted Jul 16, 2019
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