While the movie isn’t exactly riveting, it does ask important questions in a fairly serious manner. It could prompt viewers to ask a few tough questions of their own.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: The Light Between Oceans offers well-acted, somber morality tale
Perhaps our greatest coping device as humans is our ability to rationalize tragic and awful conditions in order to make our way through the rigors of life. However, we can also use those powers of rationalization to submerge our conscious when our desires wage war with wisdom and honesty. Director Derek Cianfrance admirably displays the
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Kubo a strong animated adventure; Don’t Breathe offers little thrill
With Zootopia in the spring and Finding Dory and The Secret Life of Pets this summer, it’s already been an extremely strong year for animated movies. Kubo and the Two Strings made this year even stronger.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: ‘Greater’ should be a crowd-pleaser for its intended audience
“Greater” is not the type of film national critics are going to warm up to. The story of Brandon Burlsworth’s life and its effect on his family is too pure, simple, and true for some to get.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Energetic performances power War Dogs
“War Dogs”, the latest film by Hangover writer/director Todd Phillips, is an entertaining concoction with equal parts drama and humor that details the rise and descent of two fast-talking, risk-taking, twenty-something arms dealers, who ultimately find themselves in over their heads.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Allen’s Café Society adds a refreshing dose of melancholy to summer movie scene
The film is entertaining, and while it’s as familiar as an old pair of house shoes, there is absolutely nothing like it in theaters today. That made a good movie even more refreshing.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Solid cast keeps Suicide Squad from going too far off the tracks
The film has been described as everything from a mess to a dumpster fire by critics. Those descriptions are a bit harsh to me. It’s an average super-hero action flick. Entertaining enough, but nothing truly spectacular.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Jason Bourne offers familiar action, little intrigue in latest outing
After the release of The Bourne Ultimatum in 2007, star Matt Damon said he wouldn’t be interested in returning for a fourth turn in the role of Jason Bourne.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Strong script, cast chemistry delivers Star Trek film worthy of franchise’s legacy
“Often it’s is the third film in a franchise that sends it spiraling downward, but I came out of the movie much more interested in what is to come than I was when I walked into the theater.”
MOVIE BUFF-ET: The Infiltrator plows familiar ground, but Cranston excels in low-key performance
Cranston’s understated performance is as Oscar-worthy as any leading male performance I’ve seen so far this year.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: OK effort with Legend of Tarzan still leaves fans hanging from a vine
The film has its weak points. The pacing could be an issue for the impatient during the first quarter of the film, but it ultimately delivers on the action in the last half. Overall, it’s a solid summertime, popcorn movie.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Independence Day sequel negotiates familiar territory
Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day: Resurgence is exactly what you would expect it to be. If you enjoyed the 1996 original, then chances are you might like the sequel.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: The Shallows offers solid B-movie thrills, but Dory may be the catch of the summer
If you’ve seen Jaws, I’m not sure there is any true reason to watch another shark-attack movie, other than for more realistic special effects, but The Shallows is a much better movie than most of the other options available.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Johnson, Hart score predictable laughs in Central Intelligence
When I went to the theater Thursday night, I had every intention of seeing Pixar’s latest Finding Dory, but something happened on the way from the car to the box office.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Cast makes Now You See Me 2 a passable diversion
The magic gimmick made the original film somewhat fresh, but it’s not nearly as clever the second time around.