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Taken 3
If the unnecessary Taken 2 was lazy, Taken 3 is simply absurd. The asks us to believe that 62-year-old Brian Mills can single handed out run and outsmart the entire LAPD and jump over 15 foot fences among other things. At the end of the film (no spoilers), Mills says “I’ll find you, and we
Inherent Vice
Most people either love or hate Paul Thomas Anderson’s movies; Boogie Nights and Magnolia were both Oscar nominated films. Anderson’s work evolved with the debut of Punch Drunk Love (showcasing Adam Sandler in his first serious role) and then again with the best picture nominee There Will Be Blood, earning Daniel Day Lewis a second
Dawn Patrol
Dawn Patrol is likely to be among the worst of 2015’s early slate of films. Debuting at the Austin Film Festival, the drama touting itself as a film with a surfer-turned-Marine is quite a bit of false advertising. Clint Eastwood’s son Scott, making his leading film debut, is every bit as charming as his dad
Neighbors
Director Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) has his check list of vulgar comedy items to get through in his latest film, Neighbors. What started off as an idea of 30 year olds reaching that point where they still crave fun but need the calm and quiet to function as parents provides the conundrum for the
When Angels Sing
If you enjoy the type of films that director Tim McCanlies likes to make then When Angels Sing should appeal in that same predictable, feel good way. With Texas based actors and singers all in Austin for this holiday film, When Angels Sing seems to understand the lack of family films in the mainstream. Christmas
Maladies
James Franco will never be the actor that people think of him as; he is this artistic unit that chases projects that stand by themselves and have lots of people scratching their heads. Of course, Franco has the big budget Oz the Great and Powerful to satisfy those unaware of these small projects he dabbles