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Written and directed by Woody Allen Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and Parker Posey Rating 4/5 Woody Allen fans have reason to celebrate Irrational Man, his strongest film in years. Allen’s contemporary versions of the romantic crime comedies of Nick and Nora Charles have been a mixed bag …
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Directed by Judd Apatow Written by and Starring Amy Schumer Comedy 3/5 Amu Schumer, reportedly the latest second coming in female comic, hits so many buttons in Trainwreck your head will spin. That’s the intention, of course, rolling, shock-based laughter via equal opportunity disses, putdowns, …
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Directed by Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin With the Voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Jennifer Saunders, Steve Carrell Rating 3/5 Minions! Those crazy yellow hydrant looking hellions – who do everything en masse and scream in a bastardized pan-Europe/Asian/American language – are …
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Directed by Gregory Jacobs Produced by Steven Soderbergh Starring Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Amber Heard Rating: 2.5/ 5 Let’s start with the good stuff. Let’s start with exuberance, showmanship, brotherly love and non-sexual intimacy between a band of male strippers and with the women …
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Inside Out Pixar animated comedy Starring the voices of Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Diane Lane, Bill Hader, Frank Oz, Mindy KahlingDirected by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen Rating: 5/5 What is it that Pixar does so well that it has never mis-stepped? That each film it produces brings …
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