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Whiplash – Dale Maxfield

Whiplash – R Release Date: Wed 15 Oct 2014 Whiplash is a masterpiece, blending the intense performances of stars Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons with an equally intense musical language of jazz drumming. The...

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Beyond the Lights – Movie Review

Beyond the Lights – PG-13 Release Date: Fri 14 Nov 2014 Beyond The Lights is a by-the-numbers romance story where police officer Kaz (Nate Parker) saves pop idol Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) after she attempts...

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Dumb and Dumber To – Movie Review

Dumb and Dumber To – PG-13 Release Date: Fri 14 Nov 2014 Dumb and Dumber To brings the characters from the original back. Since 1995’s Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Jim Carrey has never...

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Laggies – Movie Review

Laggies – R Release Date: Fri 24 Oct 2014 Laggies follows the story of Megan, (Keira Knightley) who has been somewhat adrift with her group of friends from high school. She’s finished getting higher...

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Rosewater – Movie Review

Rosewater – R Release Date: Fri 14 Nov 2014 Rosewater is a film adaptation of true events from the life of Maziar Bahari, an Iranian-Canadian journalist who was imprisoned and tortured by the government...

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Birdman – Movie Review

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – R Release Date: Fri 02 Jan 2015 Birdman set box office records during a very limited early release. The premise matched with the stellar cast makes...

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Big Hero 6 – Movie Review

Big Hero 6 – PG Release Date: Fri 07 Nov 2014 Big Hero 6 arrives a few weeks early for Thanksgiving and feels like the kind of family movie that viewers of every age...

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Interstellar – Movie Review

Interstellar – PG-13 Release Date: Fri 07 Nov 2014 Interstellar is an ambitious science fiction adventure that explores several intriguing concepts. Even after nearly three hours I felt like I missed enough to bear...

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Dear White People – Movie Review

Dear White People – R Release Date: Fri 24 Oct 2014 The trailers for Justin Simien’s “Dear White People” comes across as a college comedy about race in college. It looks stylish, funny and...

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Before I Go To Sleep – Movie Review

Before I Go To Sleep – R Release Date: Fri 31 Oct 2014 Before I Go To Sleep puts Nicole Kidman into a role that is incredibly hard to pull off. As Christine, she...

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