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ACADEMY AWARDS PREDICTIONS-2016 EDITION
2017,
2016,
2015,
2014,
2013,
2011,
2010,
2009,
2008,
2007,
2006
JR makes his predictions for the 2016 Academy
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the ARRIVAL
(****)
"...a thrilling work of science fiction" (JR) |
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BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE
(**)
"The brutalization of women isn’t an edgy plot device, it’s
cheap-writing..." (JR)
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BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
(**½)
"...cacophonic, rumbling, self-important, but only fitfully entertaining." (JR)
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the BFG
(**½)
"There is a warm, bittersweet
quality in the picture's bones..." (JR) |
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CAPTAIN AMERICA CIVIL WAR
(***½)
"...the best “Captain America” film and the best “Avengers” film to date." (JR)
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CHICAGO EUROPEAN UNION
FILM FESTIVAL-2016
Vito Carli returns to this site with his all encompassing look back at March's
European Film Festival |
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CONJURING 2
(***)
"Conjuring 2 has the goods to give a case of the jitters to just about
anyone" (JR)
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DEADPOOL
(*½)
"...it eventually succumbs to the tropes it parodies." (JR)
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DOCTOR STRANGE
(***½)
"...a bona fide movie at a time when Marvel is only doing installments..." (JR)
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FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
(***)
"...hugely entertaining" (JR)
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FINDING DORY
(***)
"...sends viewers out afloat in a
salt-water sea of their own making." (JR) |
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GHOSTBUSTERS
(**½)
"...too long and not funny
enough..." (JR) |
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HAIL CAESAR
(**½)
"...anything particularly
meaningful-has gotten lost in translation." (JR) |
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JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK
(**)
"...fleeting entertainment that is
dull compared to its source material..." (JR) |
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JASON BOURNE
(**½)
"The cast looks bored, the
set-pieces are dull, and the script is perfunctory..." (JR) |
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JUNGLE BOOK
(***½)
"...There is real magic in it,
real optimism, and real joy" (JR) |
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KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
(***½)
"The film moves beautifully, but
it’s also beautifully moving..." (JR) |
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LEGEND OF TARZAN
(**)
"...lurches from scene to scene without
an idea of the kind of film it wants to be" (JR) |
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MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME
(**)
"...Burton's gone from talented
director to an aesthetic brand name." (JR) |
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MOANA
(***)
"...one of the few Disney movies in recent memory that’s easy to get
lost in." (JR) |
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PETE'S DRAGON
(***½)
"...offers a more meditative take
on the lost and found aspects of the story..." (JR) |
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REVENANT
(**)
"...so prettily constructed-it’s
painful to admit how ridiculous it actually is..." (JR) |
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ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
(***)
"...filled with gritted teeth, desperation, and a
nervous energy" (JR)
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the ROOM
(***)
"...approaches its subject matter from a place of childlike wonder..." (JR)
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STAR TREK BEYOND
(***½)
"... a thoughtful rumination on
coming to terms with the temporariness of life." (JR) |
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SUICIDE SQUAD
(*½)
"...it's a tacky mess." (JR) |
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SULLY
(***)
"...Eastwood's politeness for his
subject puts the brakes on narrative risks..." (JR) |
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TEN CLOVERFIELD LANE
(***½)
"...deep-sixes the citywide
carnage of "Cloverfield," for a zeroed-in narrative..." (JR) |
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X-MEN APOCALYPSE
(**)
"...an overblown monstrosity that
loses sight of even its principal characters..." (JR) |
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ZOOTOPIA
(***½)
"...a grand entertainment with an
ingeniously developed message." (JR) |
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2016 CINEMA RETROSPECTIVE
2017,
2016,
2015
Vito Carli returns with his look back at the year in cinema for 2016
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TOP FILMS-2016
JR Picks his TOP Films of the Last
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