Star Trek Into Darkness (film review by Frank Ochieng).
In 2009, director J.J. Abrams revitalized the theatrical ‘Star Trek’ franchise by instilling a distinctive and decorative charge that provided
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What Maisie Knew (a film review by Frank Ochieng).
The deeply affecting ‘What Maisie Knew’ is a tyke-oriented tearjerker that works on the soul. Filmmakers Scott McGehee and David
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Kiss Of The Damned (a film review by Frank Ochieng).
Writer-director Xan Cassavetes makes an ambitious yet misguided attempt to sink her teeth into the neck of the vampire vixen
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Iron Man 3 (a film review by Frank Ochieng).
Well, everybody’s favorite Marvel Comics metal-head is back in the fold while combining action, aerodynamics and angst in the explosive
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The Big Wedding (a film review by Frank Ochieng).
One might want to get a quickie divorce from the annoying and convoluted comedy ‘The Big Wedding’ and try and
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At Any Price (Frank’s Take) (film review).
Writer-director Ramin Bahrani (‘Chop Shop’, ‘Man Push Cart’, ‘Goodbye Solo’) tries his farm hand at the rural drama ‘At Any
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The Numbers Station (Frank’s Take) (film review).
The figures simply do not add up in director Kasper Barfoed’s sleepy-eyed spy thriller T’he Numbers Station’. Uneventful and sluggish,
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Mud (Frank’s Take) (film review).
Impeccably whimsical, observational, moody and soul-searching, writer-director Jeff Nichols’s downhome drama ‘Mud’ slings its share of southern charm and tension
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Pain & Gain (Frank’s Take) (film review).
Filmmaker Michael Bay continues to tap into the spinal cord of his frenetic flicks that toss around manufactured cheese and
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In the House (Frank’s Take) (film review).
French filmmaker Francois Ozon has always dipped his toes into the provocative pools of persuasion regarding various titillating subject matters.
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