Brooklyn Review

Brooklyn Brooklynis a beautiful period drama and rich piece of romantic storytelling that boasts great performances. Brooklyntakes stead during the early 1950s , as a untried Irish fair sex named Eilis Lacey ( Saoirse Ronan ) immigrate to the United States - with the help of fellow member from her church service like Father Flood ( Jim Broadbent ) - in hunting of a better life and more opportunities for her hereafter ....

November 26, 2015 · 6 min · 1213 words · Cynthia Williams

Creed Review

Creed The name on the title card may have changed, but theRockylegacy is alive and thriving inCreed. Creedstarts out on the computer peripheral of theRockysaga , where we find out that the late Apollo Creed had an outlaw Word , Adonis , a tumultuous male child already lost in the scheme , fighting his means through life . Upon learning of her recent husband ’s clandestine son , Apollo ’s widow , Mary Anne ( Phylicia Rashad ) , give chase the boy down and springs him from lockup , offering him a comfortable life in the shadow of his Fatherhood ’s legacy and wealth ....

November 25, 2015 · 8 min · 1513 words · Tiffany Small

The Good Dinosaur Review

The Good Dinosaur The Good Dinosaurisn’t as sophisticated as Disney/Pixar’s best films, but still boasts a touching story and gorgeous animation. The Good Dinosaurtakes position in an alternate timeline where Earth was not struck by the massive asteroid that run to the extinction of the dinosaur . billion of years after the pretermit doomsday issue , the thunder lizard " Poppa " Henry ( Jeffrey Wright ) and " Momma " Ida ( Frances McDormand ) live by farm and develop their own crops , with assistance from their three materialization : the brawny if slowly - witted Buck ( Marcus Scribner ) ; clever , though rascally Libby ( Maleah Padilla ) ; and the smallest , as well as the most uneasy of the trio , Arlo ( Raymond Ochoa ) ....

November 25, 2015 · 8 min · 1564 words · Michael Torres

Victor Frankenstein Review

Victor Frankenstein Victor Frankensteinis an entertainingly kooky, but otherwise messy and slapdash re-imagining of the Frankenstein mythos. Victor Frankensteintakes place in nineteenth one C England , where a nameless , hump - over unseasoned man ( Daniel Radcliffe ) drop his free metre studying and instruct about human anatomy - when he ’s not performing as a lowly carnival buffoon and being cruelly mock by his peers ( both inside and outside the anchor ring ) ....

November 25, 2015 · 7 min · 1337 words · Selena Moore

Secret in Their Eyes Review

Secret in Their Eyes Secret in Their Eyesis a well-acted and politically-charged drama/thriller with ambitions that exceed its grasp. InSecret in Their heart , the FBI agent Raymond " Ray " Caston ( Chiwetel Ejiofor ) , research worker Jessica " Jess " Cobb ( Julia Roberts ) , and deputy DA Claire Sloan ( Nicole Kidman ) are working for a Los Angeles ground counter - terroism undertaking force , one class after 9/11 ....

November 20, 2015 · 6 min · 1068 words · Amber Johnson

Spotlight Review

Spotlight Spotlightis a well-crafted and thoughtful investigative journalism docudrama that is buoyed by great performances. Spotlighttakes situation in 2001 , as theBoston Globewelcomes a new editor program in Marty Baron ( Liev Schreiber ): a journalist who , unlike a significant chunk of theGlobe ’s staff , is neither Catholic nor grew up in the Boston area . mogul recruits veteranGlobereporter / editor Walter " Robby " Robinson ( Michael Keaton ) and his public eye squad - a chemical group ofGlobereporters who specialize in long - condition investigation - to analyze allegations that local Catholic priests plague children within their district , only for the Church ’s lawyers and Boston Archbishop , Cardinal Bernard Law ( Len Cariou ) , to embrace up the incidents , lest it guide to a bombastic scandal ....

November 20, 2015 · 7 min · 1332 words · Stacy Peters

Star Wars: Battlefront Review: Style Over Substance

Related Star warfare : Battlefrontis lastly here , a full calendar month ahead of the headline - dominate , record - breaking , money machine that will beStar Wars : Episode VII - The Force Awakens . The plot might be the full way forStar Warsfans to whet their appetency for the return of the film saga that begin in 1977 , kick off the darling original trilogy of quad Opera ....

November 20, 2015 · 9 min · 1815 words · Christine Martinez

The Night Before Review

The Night Before The Night Beforemanages to be both an irreverent and sincere Christmas movie, sure to be a holiday favorite (albeit a zany one) for years to come. When Ethan ’s ( Joseph Gordon - Levitt ) parent are struck and killed by a inebriated driver on Christmas , his serious friend , Isaac ( Seth Rogen ) and Chris ( Anthony Mackie ) rally to his side , so Ethan does n’t have to be alone on Christmas ....

November 20, 2015 · 7 min · 1296 words · Cynthia Solomon

Rise of the Tomb Raider Review: The Franchise's Best Adventure Yet

Related In 2013 developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix rebooted the long - runningTomb Raiderfranchise and bestow iconic video game character Lara Croft into the modern era as a relatable , respectable , and naturalistic person . No longer was Lara Croft a sex symbol wearing lean outfits and rock over - sized guns . This Lara Croft was a young , levelheaded archaeologist who had something to say , friends to preserve , and a brutally red experience stranded on an island she needed to get over ....

November 17, 2015 · 8 min · 1619 words · Christina Braun

The 33 Review

The 33 An entertaining and earnest chronicle of the 33 with solid performances - one that is undercut by otherwise standard docudrama throughout. On August 5th , 2010 , 33 miner entered the San Jose copper - Au mine in Chile ’s Atacama Desert - only to become trapped that afternoon when the 121 - twelvemonth old mine collapse . eat up 2,300 feet under the earth , the mineworker managed to take protection in a " refuge " elbow room - which house an emergency cache ( ration and medical supply ) ....

November 13, 2015 · 7 min · 1317 words · Mary Flynn

Elite: Dangerous Review: Hardcore Space Sims Can Work on Consoles

Elite Dangerous Veteran gamers have waitress a decade or two to see space sims make a glorious comeback , and we ’re on the verge of that mightily now . Star Wars Battlefrontdebuts this month and fans are already clamoring for a true distance - based starfighter mode in it just asStar Citizen- the most successfully crowdfunded projection effect - is in thick development from the bozo who madeWing CommanderandStarlancer ....

November 7, 2015 · 8 min · 1664 words · John Wilson

Spectre Review

Related Unfortunately,Spectreis toSkyfallwhatQuantum of Solacewas toCasino Royale; that is to say: less inspired in just about every way. Spectrecatches up with James Bond ( Daniel Craig ) in the raw ( but all too intimate ) paradigm of his MI6 espionage vocation . However , alternatively of working with his now trusted squad - M ( Ralph Fiennes ) , Q ( Ben Whishaw ) and Moneypenny ( Naomie Harris ) - Bond is busy expire rogue , require on a final mission from M ’s late great predecessor ( Judi Dench ) ....

November 6, 2015 · 9 min · 1817 words · Christopher Hendricks

The Peanuts Movie Review

The Peanuts Movie The Peanuts Moviesucceeds at giving thePeanutsproperty a shiny fresh coat of paint, while keeping its heart and humanist spirit intact. The Peanuts Moviebrings the perennial underdog Charlie Brown ( voiced by Noah Schnapp ) , his loyal - if hassle - making - dog Snoopy ( Bill Melendez ) , and his many peers to the big screen in computer - animated descriptor . As the story start out underway , Charlie Brown get word a fortune to release around his apparently endless outpouring of misjudgments and general slip of paper - ups when he becomes smitten with a new student at his school , a....

November 6, 2015 · 6 min · 1221 words · Philip Moore