Film: Tomorrowland Starring: Britt Robertson, George Clooney Directed By: Brad Bird As the first shot rolls on Tomorrowland, we see Clooney’s Frank Walker talking to the camera about his pessimistic predilections towards the future. Once he is done telling his story, the camera pans over Britt Robertson’s Casey Newton, someone self-dubbed as an optimist as […]
2015 Movie Review
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Tomorrowland’ Lacks Wonder And Coherence
May 22nd, 2015 
Sam Cohen 
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Demolishes Expectations, Elicits Yelps Of Joy
May 15th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Mad Max: Fury Road Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult Directed By: George Miller Every once in a blue moon a summer blockbuster comes and demolishes everything that lay in its path. Mad Max: Fury Road is the film that eviscerates the history of large-scale action films. It throws the gauntlet down at […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Kill Me Three Times’
April 3rd, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Kill Me Three Times Directed by: Kriv Stenders Starring: Simon Pegg, Alice Braga, Teresa Palmer Just based on the conception of an idea for a film, people are going to start relating it to past cinematic efforts. On the other hand, some ideas borrow so much from others that they end up trying harder […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Unfinished Business’ Is An Unfunny Slog
March 6th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Unfinished Business Directed by: Ken Scott Starring: Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco Vince Vaughn has been on a comedic decline as of late. The Watch, The Internship, and Delivery Man all opened to lukewarm or negative response. Unfinished Business is another attempt by Vaughn to revitalize his career and return to the R-rated […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Focus’ Swindles And Fizzles
February 27th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Focus Directed by: John Requa & Glenn Ficarra Starring: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Adrian Martinez Will Smith has gone on record to discredit his last big gig, After Earth, as a failure that broke his heart. That heartbreak may be due to the fact that Smith’s charming, fast-talking brand of comedy wasn’t able to […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Muses Limp But Whips Smart
February 13th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Fifty Shades of Grey Directed by: Sam Taylor-Johnson Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Marcia Gay Harden It would be wrong of me, as a male critic, to dictate what a whole gender looks for in a film by judging the worldwide success and huge following that Fifty Shades of Grey has garnered. Instead, I […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Better Angels’ Sweeps, Panders, And Obscures
February 10th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: The Better Angels Directed by: A.J. Edwards Starring: Jason Clarke, Brit Marling, Diane Kruger A quote from Abraham Lincoln himself opens the film as such, “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” The Better Angels, the new indie project by producer Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life, […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Is Silly, Gorgeous, And Fun
February 6th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Jupiter Ascending Directed by: Andy & Lana Wachowski Starring: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne There once lived a little girl named Jupiter who was destined for bigger and better things. One day her gravity boots-wearing Prince showed up to- wait a second; this sounds like every trope beaten to death in the most […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Black Sea’ Is A Leaky Ship
January 30th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Black Sea Directed By: Kevin Macdonald Starring: Jude Law, Jodie Whittaker, Scoot McNairy Submarine thrillers that emanate claustrophobia and heist thrillers with big risks are two subgenres that have been retreaded over and over. In director Kevin Macdonald’s newest, a world is envisioned where the two could work in tandem. Add a dash of […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Project Almanac’ Is Found Footage Fun
January 30th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Project Almanac Directed By: Dean Israelite Starring: Jonny Weston, Sofia Black D’Elia, Sam Lerner Teenage hormones are abound in this Michael Bay-produced effort about a group of young’ns grappling with the dangers of time travel. Adopting the found footage aesthetic of many features, Project Almanac attempts and mostly succeeds at taking something weary in […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Inherent Vice’ Will Leave You With A Contact High
January 9th, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Inherent Vice Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson is a director known for his divisive films. Boogie Nights was criticized for the glorification of the adult film industry when it was doing anything but. There Will Be Blood was put down for its constant […]
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