Bernard Boo's Movie Reviews
All movie reviews written by Bernard Boo
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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.
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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.
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Peter Jackson's Middle Earth hexalogy ends with a mildly entertaining, mindless battle royale.
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
Ridley Scott's 'Exodus' will draw you in with pretty effects, then disappoint you with blunt, soulless storytelling.
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The Imitation Game
Cumberbatch is terrific yet again in this conventional prestige piece about a beautifully unconventional man.
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The Homesman
Tommy Lee Jones' sophomore effort is a feminist Western that will rattle your soul.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The third entry in the 'Hunger Games' series is the darkest yet, but sorely lacks purpose and feels like a placeholder to
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Goodbye to Language 3D
Another anomalous concoction by Godard that pushes the limits of 3-D viewing to uncomfortable, astonishing effect.
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Interstellar
A jaw-dropping spectacle of sci-fi filmmaking weighed down by incoherent plot mechanics.
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Young Ones
Jake Paltrow's post-apocalyptic Western will dazzle you with style, underwhelm you with melodrama.