Trumbo, the latest film from Director Jay Roach, is a biopic of screenwriter and author Dalton Trumbo and features some dynamic performances from a stellar cast. However, does the film as a whole live up to the cast’s hard work? Continue reading
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Doug Reviews: The Good Dinosaur (2015)
With The Good Dinosaur, we’ve finally found out what Pixar can’t do: release two great films in one year. Continue reading
Doug Reviews: Creed (2015)
How do you extend the Rocky franchise without coming up with some convoluted scheme to get Rocky back into the ring? Creed, that’s how. But, is this spinoff/relaunch any good? Continue reading
Doug Reviews: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015)
Well, that’s settled. Finally, the world can rejoice with the concluding chapter in the Hunger Games trilogy tetralogy—rejoice because it’s over. Thank God I’ll never have to hear the names Peeta or Gale ever again. Continue reading
Doug Reviews: The Night Before (2015)
To say I was underwhelmed by the trailers for Director Jonathan Levine’s latest, The Night Before, would be an understatement. The film looked to be a typical stoner comedy with none of the heart that I loved so much in his 2011 film 50/50. I’m glad I decided to see the movie anyway, because it might be the funniest film of the year. Continue reading
Doug Reviews: Spotlight (2015)
When I saw the trailer for Co-Writer-Director Tom McCarthy‘s latest, Spotlight, I knew it was going to be a winner with its knockout cast and compelling material. Then I saw the film and it didn’t meet my expectations–it exceeded them. Continue reading
Doug Reviews: Spectre (2015)
The most recent James Bond films, starting with 2006’s Casino Royale, have been serious, character-driven affairs. The latest, Spectre, attempts to go back to the old James Bond tropes and formula, but the filmmakers seemed to forget all the elements that have made the last few films so great. Okay, maybe not Quantum of Solace, but the other two for sure. Continue reading
Doug Reviews: Room (2015)
Director Lenny Abrahamson’s latest film, Room, is a powerful piece of filmmaking that will leave audiences both sobbing and cheering in equal doses. Suffice to say, it’s one of the year’s best films. Continue reading
Doug Reviews: Our Brand is Crisis (2015)
Our Brand is Crisis, the latest film from Director David Gordon Green and Producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov, is a fictionalized remake of the documentary of the same name by Rachel Boynton. The film follows a presidential election in Bolivia and how the candidates use American political strategists to win. Is the film another great political satire or dead on arrival? Continue reading
Doug Reviews: Bridge of Spies (2015)
Director Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks team together for the fourth time with Bridge of Spies, a historical pic set during the Cold War. Is this their greatest collaboration yet? Continue reading
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