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10 Years
“You don’t have to pretend to like my kids,” Cully (Chris Pratt)- a former high school bully- says early on in the new film, 10 Years. But it’s not the importance of ‘forgetting’ that plays a major role in the drama. It’s the power of ’remembering’ that...
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The Words
“Don’t you know words ruin everything?” So says Clay Hammond (Dennis Quaid), the author of a new book detailing the rise of a successful writer who publishes another man’s manuscript as his own in the new drama The Words. Both story lines intertwine in this forgettable...
Lawless
“It is not the violence that sets men apart. It is the distance that he is prepared to go.” So says Forrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy) in the new Prohibition-era drama, Lawless. The fact-based film focuses on three brothers selling outlawed alcohol in Franklin County, Va. The...
The Apparition
A college experiment releases a deadly spirit in the stale new horror film The Apparition. Franchise faves Ashley Greene (Twilight) and Tom Felton (Harry Potter) star in the tale of three college students testing their theories about the supernatural. Their experiment releases...
Sparkle
Sparkle, more than anything else, will likely be remembered as Whitney’s Houston’s last movie. In the ’60s-era film, the late singer plays a supporting role as the strict and religious mother of three quality singers whose road to success is paved with tragic turns. As...
Hope Springs
When Meryl Streep’s character calls her 31st wedding anniversary an “off-year” at the beginning of Hope Springs, she means more than the odd number of years she’s been married to Tommy Lee Jones’ character. She’s talking about the entire last year of her marriage....
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
One of the best things about the Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise is the mischievous sensibilities of its title character. Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) has never been the typical cutesy and idealistic movie child. He can be arrogant, manipulative and calculating but despite his...
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