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Chris Luckett
For two years in a row, the winner of Best Picture at the Oscars has gone to a Michael Keaton movie. With all eyes on his latest, The Founder, studio The Weinstein Company has decided to position it as their frontrunner for awards season. Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
Rush, a movie about a bitter rivalry and competition between two F1 racers, was one of the very best movies of last year. Directed by Ron Howard, Rush knew that the key to its success was not in the race scenes themselves but in the face-to-face scenes in between the action. By making the characters real and complex, Rush’s action sequences were all the more gripping and pivotal.
Need for Speed, adapted from the long-running racing game series by Electronic Arts, spends about as much time with its characters in between action sequences, but fills it with trite dialogue, fruitless plot developments, and characters that make bone-headed decisions far more frequently than smart ones.
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Chris Luckett
The 1980s are popular again at the movies, especially when it comes to remakes. (This weekend alone, three of the four new wide releases are remakes of ‘80s movies.) After having exhausted the catalogue of ‘80s horror movies to remake a few years ago, studios have been shifting the focus to remaking ‘80s action movies, like Clash of the Titans or Red Dawn. Now comes RoboCop, a remake that manages to be close to the original’s quality while not being afraid to deviate from its origins.
The Apple Box 