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Category: Reviews

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

FINDERS KEEPERS

October 29, 2015April 8, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Finders Keepers is as delightful as it is bizarre. It is the story of an amputated left foot and the two men who fought over it from 2008 to 2014. Some things you just have to see to believe. In 2004, John … Continue reading FINDERS KEEPERS

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EXPERIMENTER

October 22, 2015August 17, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Yale, 1961: Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) is conducting one of the most infamous and notorious behavioral studies of the 20th century. Two individuals who have never met before will choose roles; one will be the teacher and the other the … Continue reading EXPERIMENTER

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STEVE JOBS

October 16, 2015May 20, 2022 Michael J. Casey

The new film from director Danny Boyle and writer Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs, marks the third cinematic interpretation of Apple’s storied co-founder in the past two years—Jobs (Joshua Michael Stern, 2013) and Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine (Alex Gibney, 2015) were the previous … Continue reading STEVE JOBS

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BRIDGE OF SPIES

October 15, 2015August 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) is a kind man in a cruel world. Rare considering that Donovan is an insurance lawyer in the middle of the Cold War. Donovan—who served on the Nuremberg Trails—is recruited to defend a captured Soviet … Continue reading BRIDGE OF SPIES

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

October 15, 2015April 8, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Horror movies are wondrous things. With a horror movie, one can confront their deepest darkest fears and survive them. The rush of adrenaline at the sight of danger gives way to the sigh of relief and chuckle of amusement when … Continue reading YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

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99 HOMES

October 9, 2015August 19, 2021 Michael J. Casey

“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we are free to do anything.” —Tyler Durden, Fight Club That anything can be devastating. Stripped of social responsibilities and courtesies, even the best will behave like a dog backed into a corner. … Continue reading 99 HOMES

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PAN

October 9, 2015August 19, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Director Joe Wright’s latest, Pan, might be the most unnecessary return to Neverland to see the big screen. Wright and writer Jason Fuchs take the tale of the boy who refused to grow up and turn his backstory into the typical … Continue reading PAN

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BIG STONE GAP

October 8, 2015August 19, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Existing somewhere between the recent spate of faith-based cinema and an elongated episode of Gilmore Girls, Big Stone Gap travels back in time to a simpler era where everyone knew everyone else. People were kinder, and the world moved at a slower pace. … Continue reading BIG STONE GAP

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THE MARTIAN

October 2, 2015August 19, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Of all the people to get stranded on Mars, Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is the lucky one. Smart, resourceful, cunning, and, most importantly, optimistic, Watney can grow potatoes using human feces, manufacture water simply and reconfigure every possible piece of … Continue reading THE MARTIAN

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