Author: Vincent Leo

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2010s / Comedy / Drama / Romance

Me Before You (2016)

Sweet but predictable, Me Before You will likely please those among the target demographic that predominantly consists of women looking to smile and cry, not minding that most of the emotional beats are manipulated and manufactured...

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2010s / Comedy / Thriller

Now You See Me 2 (2016)

The makers of the deliberately vapid and highly superfluous Now You See Me 2 have chosen to fully embrace the dumbness of its premise, going full bore into just trying to make it ridiculous to the...

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2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction

Warcraft (2016)

Warcraft is based on the massively popular franchise from Blizzard Entertainment, starting as a PC game series, then branching out to card and tabletop games, novels and comics.  As with many video game properties, it...

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2010s / Comedy / Musical

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is a This is Spinal Tap-like mockumentary that ribs not only popstars like Justin Bieber and their gargantuan egos, but also the culture of modern celebrity in general. It’s made by...

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2010s / Adventure / Fantasy

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

2010’s Alice in Wonderland wasn’t really a great film, but it did rake in a hefty billion dollars from the worldwide box office, so, naturally, that’s going to green-light a sequel just about every time.  Six...

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2010s / Thriller / Western

Slow West (2015)

Slow West is an offbeat Western, set in the American Old West but featuring mostly non-U.S. actors and shot in New Zealand.  it’s a movie that entertains more from the odd little touches — a...

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2010s / Drama

Louder Than Bombs (2015)

Danish-born, Norwegian-raised filmmaker Joachim Trier (Oslo August 31, Reprise) directs and co-scripts his first English-language film in Louder Than Bombs, a thoughtful examination of how perceptions of reality are often far from accurate, even among people...

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2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

The Marvel Cinematic Universe, almost as if trying to address Batman v Superman and how to do a major superhero battle film right (or, after the disappointing Age of Ultron, how to do an Avengers film right), unloads Captain America:...

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2010s / Horror / Thriller

Green Room (2015)

Touring the Pacific Northwest, the D.C.-based punk quartet known as the Ain’t Rights haven’t quite taken this part of the country by storm, ending up taking a bit of a detour from their tour...