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‘London Has Fallen’ flat on its face

London Has Fallen Written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Christian Gudegast, and Chad St. John Directed by Babak Najafi U.S., 2016 When Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down both came out in 2013, it seemed obvious that the vehicle starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx would be the one to make big bank. Oops. …

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‘I, Frankenstein’ Fails to Find its Lightning Bolt and Remains Dead on the Table

Despite having his origins in classic literature, Frankenstein’s monster has become a truly cinematic beast, having shown up in countless screen iterations since first being brought to life by Boris Karloff in 1931. No surprise then that I, Frankenstein, originally a comic series by Underworld scribe Kevin Grevioux would get the big screen treatment, and even less of a surprise to results aren’t particularly pretty.

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Steven Soderbergh Month: ‘Erin Brockovich’ investigates the power of performance

It is Erin Brockovich, a chronicle of the extraordinary story fronted by an energetic woman with little legal knowledge in a David-and-Goliath legal battle against Pacific Gas and Electric in an act of moral representation for the citizens of Hinkley, California.

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Director & Actor Teams: The Overlooked & Underrated (Part 1 of 2)

Cinema is a kind of uber-art form that’s made up of a multitude of other forms of art including writing, directing, acting, drawing, design, photography and fashion.  As such, film is, as all cinema aficionados know, a highly collaborative venture. One of the most consistently fascinating collaborations in cinema is that of the director and …

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‘The Rum Diary’ amounts to muddled Hunter S. Thompson hagiography

The Rum Diary Written by Bruce Robinson Directed by Bruce Robinson USA, 2011 It’s been nearly two decades since writer-director Bruce Robinson made a movie (1992’s Jennifer 8 was the last). When directors emerge from long hiatuses, the outcome is rarely positive; the films that result from these long periods of inactivity often wind up …

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