Month: September 2015
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Thoughts on the Previews: September 21, 2015
The Martian (Ridley Scott, USA 2015) Every time I’ve seen a commercial or trailer for this, I immediately think it’s a sequel to Interstellar about Dr. Mann’s original mission. The pre-release buzz is so high on this film and Andy Weir sounds like a cool guy, though I haven’t read the book, but . .…
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Movie Review: “Black Mass” (Scott Cooper, USA 2015)
In 2011, when James “Whitey” Bulger was arrested, tried, and sentenced, I was in law school. As a result, I didn’t pay very close attention to the story. I remember Tony Kornheiser talking about it a few times but mostly just saying, “Wow–this is incredible! And now he’s so old! He looks like me!” and…
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TV Episode Review: “Doctor Who” “The Magician’s Apprentice” (09.01, 2015)
“Your chances of survival are about one in a thousand. So here’s what you do: forget about the thousand, and concentrate on the one.” Steven Moffat has always been capable of a great turn of dialogue. He’s had an excellent sense of when to let them play out as melodrama (The “remember every black day…
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