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Review of Now You See Me 2 (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

It's fun to watch that great cast, even if they all have done and deserve to do better…

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Review of A Bigger Splash (2015)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

The problem here as that his soap opera twists of sexual tension are either the kind you see a mile coming, or the kind that come out of nowhere…

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Review of Ride Along 2 (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

The shame of it is that the two leads have good chemistry together -- along with some decent support from Ken Jeong and Olivia Munn -- but…

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Review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

The zombie crowd may be bummed by all the talking and prancing about. The Austen crowd is, well, not typically into zombies…

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Review of Swiss Army Man (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

It starts weird, stays weird and is shockingly emotionally resonate most of the time…

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Review of The Purge: Election Year (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

The clichés weigh things down as it becomes a rescue mission movie in the final act…

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Review of Inferno (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

It's another Scooby-Doo mystery with a lesson in Renaissance art and literature, and frankly it feels a bit silly at times…

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Review of Dionne Copland's Inferno (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

It's another Scooby-Doo mystery with a lesson in Renaissance art and literature, and frankly it feels a bit silly at times…

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Review of The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

It's kind of amazing with all the anthropomorphizing that goes on in animated movies that there hasn't been a movie with the exact premise…

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Review of Nocturnal Animals (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

It's messy at times, and sure to be divisive, but again there's an unexpected artistry in Ford's writing and directing skills…

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Review of High-Rise (2015)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

Wheatley also tends to focus on style at the expense of a narrative that doesn't feel like a steady decline so much as it lurches and spasms…

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Review of The Finest Hours (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

The Disney based on a true story course is tried and true, and the end result is a movie that never manages much excitement or tension, despite…

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Review of Don't Breathe (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

Those underdeveloped characters become more of a problem when the plot starts to run into the realm of the indestructible bad guy and a shocking…

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Review of Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

It could have easily been turned into a Ken Burns-style mini-series, but instead the mind-blowing concepts come at you in rapid-fire succession,…

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Review of The Neon Demon (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

Refn is definitely a provocateur, but those audiences who enjoy being provoked should probably decide if they love it or hate it for themselves…

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Review of Wiener-Dog (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 31 Dec 2016

If you are into Solondz, the hits outweigh the misses (stay for the year's greatest intermission)…

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Review of Manchester by the Sea (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 30 Dec 2016

There's warmth and a relief of humor to balance the weight, making Manchester not just an emotional punch, but a deeply entertaining one…

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Review of The Girl on the Train (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 30 Dec 2016

I went into The Girl on the Train with muted expectations and, perhaps because of them, came out somewhat pleasantly surprised…

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Review of Deepwater Horizon (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 30 Dec 2016

[Deepwater Horizon] puts viewers in the odd position of trying to enjoy a disaster movie while also thinking about the actual disaster and…

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Review of Arrival (2016)

By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 30 Dec 2016

Arrival may not be the sci-fi movie we deserve, but it's the one we need right now…

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