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- Movie | January 16, 2015
American Sniper
Eastwood and Cooper pay respects to late Navy SEAL Chris Kyle with a cerebral, intimate soldier's tale.
- Movie | January 15, 2015
Still Alice
Moore gives her all as an Alzheimer's sufferer in a dumpy, schematic disease movie.
- Movie | January 15, 2015
Spare Parts
A perpetually underwhelming underdog sports movie that doesn't do the true story justice.
- Interview | January 15, 2015
Ondi Timoner on Chief Executive Artist – The Bundle
Ondi Timoner on "impossible visionaries" and the greatest tech revolution in the history of mankind.
- Features | January 13, 2015
11 Modern Country Acts That Don’t Suck
Country isn't dead! Give these 11 modern country acts a listen and your faith will be restored.
- Movie | January 9, 2015
Selma
In DuVernay's grounded character portrait, MLK ain't no saint.
- Interview | January 6, 2015
David Oyelowo on Selma, MLK the Man, Not the Icon
David Oyelowo talks about approaching MLK not as an icon, but as a man.
- Movie | December 26, 2014
Monk With a Camera
A pleasant, but unchallenging documentary about a man who left a life of privilege for a life of simplicity and virtue.
- Movie | December 24, 2014
Unbroken
Jolie's POW drama is too polite to its subject, preferring to emphasize nobility over the truth of misery and torture.
- Movie | December 24, 2014
Big Eyes
Burton's most tastefully designed film in years ultimately falls flat because Adams and Waltz can't get on the same page.
- Interview | December 19, 2014
Watch: Timothy Spall On Becoming ‘Mr. Turner’
In a year brimming with outstanding performances from leading men (Redmayne, Keaton, Oyelowo, Cumberbatch, Gleeson, Hardy…the list goes on for days), Timothy Spall rose to the top as the best of the best (in my humble opinion) with his...
- Movie | December 19, 2014
Mr. Turner
It's hard to imagine Leigh, Spall, and their team improving upon what they put forth in this transcendental masterpiece.
- Movie | December 19, 2014
Into the Woods
The long overdue big screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's cheeky, subversive fairytale mash-up is a fun holiday watch, though its final act sags a bit.
- Movie | December 19, 2014
The Gambler
Rupert Wyatt and Mark Wahlberg's 'The Gambler' is a bitter character portrait that's more shallow than its moody imagery and eloquent dialogue suggest.
- Movie | December 17, 2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Peter Jackson's Middle Earth hexalogy ends with a mildly entertaining, mindless battle royale.