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Movie Review – Office Christmas Party (2016)

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Office Christmas Party, 2016. Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck. Starring  Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, T.J. Miller, Olivia Munn, Vanessa Bayer, Courtney B. Vance, Jillian Bell, Jamie Chung, Rob Corddry, Abbey Lee, Kate McKinnon, Karan Soni, and Matt Walsh. SYNOPSIS: In OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY, when the CEO (Jennifer Aniston) tries to close her hard-partying […]

Movie Review – Sully (2016)

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Sully. 2016. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Anna Gunn, Mike O’Malley, Jamey Sheridan, Michael Rapaport, and Laura Linney. SYNOPSIS: The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight’s passengers and crew. With it […]

Movie Review – The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

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The Edge of Seventeen, 2016. Written and Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Blake Jenner, Haley Lu Richardson, Hayden Szeto, and Kyra Sedgwick. SYNOPSIS: High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother. Since the halcyon days of John Hughes thirty years […]

Movie Review – Chi-Raq (2015)

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Chi-Raq, 2015. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago. Evidently, Chi-Raq – a loose adaptation of the ancient Greek play […]

Movie Review – House of Flying Arrows (2016)

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House of Flying Arrows, 2016. Directed by Daniel Harris and Daniel Mendelle. SYNOPSIS: A documentary tracing darts’ evolution from humble beginnings through to the glamorous heyday of the 1980s and on into the lucrative professional era. Have you ever tried to play darts while not at the pub, or at the very least slightly inebriated? Don’t, […]

Movie Review – Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, 2016. Directed by Edward Zwick Starring Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge, Danika Yarosh, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany, Robert Catrini, Madalyn Horche and Robert Knepper. SYNOPSIS: Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name. On the run as a fugitive from […]

Movie Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma and Mark O’Brien. SYNOPSIS: When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team – lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) – is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks […]

Movie Review – Storks (2016)

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Storks, 2016. Directed by Nicholas Stoller, Doug Sweetland Featuring the voice talents of Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell, Danny Trejo and Stephen Kramer Glickman. SYNOPSIS: Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages. But when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork […]

Second Opinion – The Girl on the Train (2016)

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The Girl on the Train, 2016. Directed by Tate Taylor Starring Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans, Justin Theroux and Allison Janney. SYNOPSIS: A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life. “A drunk, a whore and a mother walk into a bar,” seems to […]