Another film that was somewhat difficult to watch is the teen angst drama The Edge of Seventeen. This comic drama centers on awkward teenager Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), whose life becomes ever more complicated when her only friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson) […]
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Moonlight (2016) ☆ ☆ ☆
This film festival favorite was a difficult drama for me to watch, though it did get better and better. It is a very realistic glimpse of life in a crime-ridden area of Miami, focusing on a handful of black and […]
Continue reading »Inferno (2016) ☆ ☆ ☆
Sometimes I seem to find myself out of step with other viewers; judging from many poor reviews of Inferno I have seen this is one of those times. Perhaps it is because I wasn’t overly impressed with The Da Vinci Code or Angels […]
Continue reading »Doctor Strange (2016) ☆ ☆ ☆
Having had my fill of superhero movies this year I was prepared to dislike this film, especially with its silly special effects of a city folding under itself. I was also wary of bald Tilda Swinton, the mystical aspects of […]
Continue reading »A Man Called Ove (2016) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
It’s taken until the middle of November but I’ve finally awarded a 2016 movie four stars. It’s a Swedish dramedy entitled A Man Called Ove. The story is simple: a very grumpy old man called Ove (Ralf Lassgård) is fed up […]
Continue reading »Arrival (2016) ☆ ☆ ☆
This movie presents a real conundrum for me. I love science-fiction and Arrival is the best kind of sci-fi, an intellectual invasion tale with smart people attempting to make contact with a truly mysterious species before our human capacity for self-destruction […]
Continue reading »Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) ☆ ☆
Generally the same type of film as The Accountant, the second Jack Reacher adventure tries very hard to entertain, but it cannot match The Accountant‘s wit, charm or payoff, not to mention those of its own predecessor, Jack Reacher. In the first JR film […]
Continue reading »The Accountant (2016) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
It’s nice to see an unusual, fresh take on a familiar story, and that is what we have with The Accountant. The title character is an odd bookkeeper (Ben Affleck) who attends to a dangerous clientele, and who suddenly finds himself […]
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