Rating: 5 out of 5 starsGenre: Documentary
Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes, Rated PG-13 Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing) Although it's not a requirement that you saw Joshua Oppenheimer's 2012 documentary The Act of Killing, it definitely provides depth and background to his latest film, The Look of Silence (opening today), which is more or less a companion piece to his original work. Both movies centered on the horrific genocide that took place back in the 1960s in Indonesia, where a failed government military overthrow led to what some believe is over a million dead. In The Act of Killing, true evil was on display, as the director, Oppenheimer, met with several different ex-military men - now grey and up in age - as they graphically illustrated the specifics of how they killed the imprisoned "communists" (who were labeled as such without trial or even reason). It was a sickening film, as these murderers boast about the horrendous acts that they still are proud of nearly 50 years later. The film shed light not only on this unspeakable tragic event of the past, but also its current relevance: Even as of today, families of the victims still live in a volatile, oppressive country ruled by some of the same exact people responsible for the mass killings...often times, right next door to descendants of the people who killed their family members those many years ago.
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Read it on: http://www.axs.com/movie-review-american-ultra-the-bong-identity-99722 Rating: 5 out of 5 starsGenre: Documentary
Run Time: 1 hours, 38 minutes, Not Rated Featuring: Evel Knievel, Robbie Knievel, Frank Gifford, George Hamilton Directed by Daniel Junge (A LEGO Brickumentary, Saving Face, Fight Church). Upon first thought, maybe we shouldn't champion the man that inspired Johnny Knoxville to unleash Jackass upon the world. But if you were alive in the 1970s, there was no bigger American hero than Evel Knievel, the flamboyant, brash stunt-man who was truly a one-of-a-kind spectacle. Even in passing, most of us know or have heard of Evel Knievel, but the wonder of Being Evel (opening today), is that it gives us a great picture - and a memory jog - of just how influential Evel Knievel was, and still is. Rating: 5 out of 5 starsGenre: Drama
Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes, Rated R Starring: Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky, Joan Cusack, Mamie Gummer Based on the book by David Lipsky Written by Donald Margulies Directed by James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now, Smashed, Off the Black) Let the Oscar race begin. James Ponsoldt's The End of the Tour (opening today) is a fascinating, heady little movie featuring two of the best performances you'll see this year. But it's the director's take on this story that truly makes it one of the richest movie-going experiences of 2015. Rating: 4 out of 5 starsGenre: Biography, Drama, Music
Run Time: 2 hours, 27 minutes, Rated R Starring: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge, Paul Giamatti, Sheldon A. Smith, Keith Stanfield Directed by F. Gary Gray (Law Abiding Citizen, Be Cool, The Italian Job, A Man Apart, The Negotiator, Friday) Call it what you will - reality rap, street rap, gangsta rap - N.W.A. is credited as having created it. The musical importance and cultural significance of the rap group N.W.A. (which does not stand for "No Whits Allowed", as Paul Giamatti's character asks in the trailer for the film), can not be over-stated. The group - made up of Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Easy-E, DJ Yella and MC Ren - birthed more than a subgenre of hip-hop music, they created a social revolution: Their blunt and anger-fueled lyrics still carry a message of immediacy and relevancy in today's world. Straight Outta Compton (opening today) is the epic, slightly-romanticized story of N.W.A., a film whose fast-and-furious, over-stuffed pace matches many of the beats in which the group became famous for. Rating: 3 out of 5 starsGenre: Mystery, Thriller
Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes, Rated R Starring: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton Written and Directed by Joel Edgerton (directorial debut) Actor Joel Edgerton has nearly done it all. As mostly a character-actor, he's a guy that you see and recognize from...somewhere...but he has not quite reached the "A-List" despite an acting career that has spanned over 20 years. Funny how things work: It turns out Joel Edgerton is also a skilled writer/director, if his debut film in both of those categories, The Gift (opening today), is any indication. He definitely leaves a mark and is bound to turn some heads with this gripping but far from perfect, mystery-thriller. Rating: 4 out of 5 starsRating: 4 out of 5 stars
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