Top Rated Films
Reagan Gavin Rasquinha's Film Reviews
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Vin Diesel and subtlety don’t necessarily go hand-in-hand. Accordingly, there are acrobatic battles with flaming swords, blazing shotguns and CGI ghouls aplenty. Caine and Wood dial in their performances but it’s Rose Leslie who is in form here; her character could have been explored in greater depth.
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While the film’s basic premise is unusual and in parts interesting, it loses steam in the second half, with a fairly bland conclusion.
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There’s plenty of doom and Gothic gloom in here but at its heart, this is a beautiful story (albeit a rather unusual one) of courage, and love.
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A gripping thriller, this one is bold, audacious and shocking…
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While Petit’s journey from novice to expert is breezed through, the final 40 minutes of the film, really suits the 3D treatment, makes it all worthwhile. Delightfully quaint and definitely entertaining.
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Sicario is heavy on action and gritty realism. This is without a doubt, one of the best movies out this year.
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The Intern is a generational matchup of Baby Boomer-meets-millennial mindset with the office as a backdrop. You’ll watch it for De Niro and Hathaway’s easy onscreen chemistry.
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Watch it for Johnny Depp and Joel Edgerton’s masterful performances.
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Playing Fischer, Maguire accurately portrays the frustration that the people close to the real chess prodigy felt, but understood and tolerated because they knew that this was no ordinary guy. Essaying a complex character like Fischer isn’t easy, but Maguire does a pretty admirable job of it. You might just want to bring out that old chessboard after watching this one.
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Straight off the bat, the single most impressive aspect about this film really is the geographical titan that is the Everest, in all its towering, windswept, snow-capped glory. Salvatore Totino’s cinematography puts you right out there with the climbers, feeling that same sense of excitement, fear, trepidation and determination that the mountaineers themselves felt.