Tuesday, June 30, 2015
The Best (and Worst) Films of the First Half of 2015
Here, in alphabetical order, are my top five, each of which earned 3.5 out of 4 stars:
Ted 2, A Little Chaos, Infinitely Polar Bear, Eden, Glass Chin, 3 ½ Minutes 10 Bullets, Batkid Begins
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| Ted 2 |
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| A Little Chaos |
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| Infinitely Polar Bear |
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| Eden |
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| Glass Chin |
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| 3 ½ Minutes 10 Bullets |
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| Batkid Begins |
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| Ted 2 (Scruffies' rating) |
Ultra-quick capsules (sounds like an antihistamine ad) on a mostly poor week of movies:
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The Wolfpack, The Face of an Angel
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| The Wolfpack |
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| The Face of an Angel |
Shall I be the first one to say it? Okay, I will, but when I do, remember this: I love documentary film.
Here goes: there are too many of them.
Dope
So, by way of "Dope," let me tell you about a little Scottish movie from ten years ago or so called "Dear Frankie."
The Overnight
Writer-director Patrick Brice's fragile and ephemeral 80-minute "The Overnight" walks a daring and transgressive line through the minefields of marriage, sexual attraction and the loosening of inhibitions. Exciting, full of truth, and so funny I almost choked at one point, it's sure to make my list of the year's best films.
Monday, June 22, 2015
Inside Out
The best sequence in the Pixar oeuvre is the montage of Carl and Ellie’s life together early in “Up,” four wordless minutes (even the music grows ever quieter) of brilliantly curated moments that can reduce the most hulking brute to mush.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Jurassic World, Madame Bovary, Live from New York!, Love at First Fight
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| Jurassic World |
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| Madame Bovary |
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| Live From New York! |
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| Love at First Fight |
Capsules on a mostly poor week of movies:
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