REVIEW: Her

Photo: Warner Bros.

Photo: Warner Bros.

Chris Luckett

Sometimes, brilliant movies have concepts that sounds incredibly dumb when you first her them summed up in a single sentence. (Who honestly expected a movie about the creation of Facebook to be very interesting before they saw The Social Network, for example?) The new movie Her is, boiled down to a single sentence, about a man falling in love with his computer. Explored using the nuances and flavours afforded by a feature-length running time, though, Her is an absolutely magnificent movie.

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REVIEW: Rush (2013)

Photo: Universal Pictures

Photo: Universal Pictures

Chris Luckett

Sports movies have a tricky line to walk. They have to satisfy fans of the sports who will scrutinize them for any errors, while remaining easy enough to understand for casual moviegoers who aren’t invested in the sports. As movies like The Pride of the Yankees, Raging Bull, and Rudy have proven, the trick is to make the movie more about the characters than the game itself. Rush knows this very well.

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