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Poltergeist (2015)

Steven Attanasie May 23, 2015

This remake of Tobe Hooper's 1982 horror masterpiece trades subtlety and nuance for cheap jump scares and hollow proselytizing.

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Roar

Steven Attanasie May 17, 2015

In this utterly insane film, film producer Noel Marshall, wife Tippi Hedren, and their children live among over 150 wild animals in what can only be described as a fever dream come to life.

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Mad Max: Fury Road

Steven Attanasie May 14, 2015

The fourth film in the Mad Max franchise isn't just the best of the bunch, it's one of the best action films ever made.

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Call Me Lucky (CCFF 2015)

Steven Attanasie May 6, 2015

For his sixth feature film, director Bobcat Goldthwait turns the cameras on his close friend, comedian Barry Crimmins, in this subversive and moving documentary.

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Slow West (CCFF 2015)

Steven Attanasie May 3, 2015

The debut feature film from John Maclean is an elegant, brutal, funny, and bone chilling trek through the old west with a fantastic cast.

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Results (CCFF 2015)

Steven Attanasie May 3, 2015

The latest film from director Andrew Bujalski (Computer Chess) takes the romantic comedy and flips it on its head with this three-hander that's charming as hell.

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Digging for Fire (CCFF 2015)

Steven Attanasie May 2, 2015

The opening night film of the 2015 Chicago Critics Film Festival is a bit of a disjointed mess that suffers from the same problem all films suffer from... Not enough Sam Rockwell

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Child 44

Steven Attanasie April 18, 2015

Tom Hardy searches for the truth, and a suitable accent, in this hopelessly dull new thriller

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While We're Young

Steven Attanasie April 4, 2015

Writer/Director Noah Baumbach (The Squid & the Whale) takes aim at the cultural divide between Generation X and Millennials in this scathing new comedy.

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Steven Attanasie March 28, 2015

The latest film from Dreamworks Animation is better than expected, though it still has its problems

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