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‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ goes out with a whimper

Not being a 16-year-old girl, I haven’t read any of the Hunger Games books, which is no big deal; I actively avoid reading the source material before its theatrical adaptation anyway. I’m not a literary critic, and going in clean allows me to experience the film on its own merits. But if I ...

‘Love the Coopers’ is a well-intentioned half-baked holiday bomb

Audiences can be forgiven for mistaking “Love the Coopers” for a romantic comedy.Certainly the trailer and marketing all point this direction, with the opening titles continuing in this vein; filled with harmless holiday eye candy that belies the bleakness to come in this cheerless family ...

‘Riding the Bullet,’ at least it’s a good ebook

<em>Video Rewind is a review of an avant-garde, cultish, or otherwise odd film that has a small or large following. That means, by its fans, it can be watched over and over with greater enjoyment. We will feature films that can be accessed either via Netflix, OnDemand, or other ...

‘The 33’ is a deep dive into a heartwarming story

“Let’s get us some miners!”In 2010, much of the world held their collective breath while 33 miners were trapped some 2000 feet below ground for nearly 70 days in Colombia. Since much of this movie is well known, the filmmakers wisely get right to it and the collapse that cuts the ...

‘Earth vs the Spider’ thrives on those old cheap FX

<em>Video Rewind is a review of an avant-garde, cultish, or otherwise odd film that has a small or large following. That means, by its fans, it can be watched over and over with greater enjoyment. We will feature films that can be accessed either via Netflix, OnDemand, or other ...

‘Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse’: A typical horror-comedy

As evidenced by the lack of quality offerings out there, making a decent horror film is hard. Comedy is even harder. Mixing the two genres can make for disastrous results, and only a few have combined these seemingly disparate genres relatively well (think “Army of Darkness” or “An ...

Spanish ‘Dracula’ splendid, but inferior to Lugosi ‘Dracula’

Watching the Spanish-language ’Dracula’ on the big screen was a marvelous experience, for it is a splendid film. But seeing it with the Tod Browning-directed, Bela Lugosi-starring iconic “Dracula” reinforces how much more effective that film is. Browning understood what George ...

Local screenings: ‘Indiana Jones,’ ‘Hocus Pocus,’ ‘Selma’

OGDEN — Mark your calendar to watch a free screening of <strong>“Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark,”</strong> the first of the three Indiana Jones adventures concocted by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.The event is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, ...

‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ mirrors 2016 U.S. election process

Although well-timed considering we in America are already knee-deep in the upcoming 2016 election process, “Our Brand Is Crisis” doesn’t go far enough for most of its runtime, and then at the last minute it goes somewhere disconnected; probably in an effort to give a rather cynical movie ...

‘Chasing Shadows’ to screen at Peery’s

OGDEN —Three screenings of the snowsports film <strong>“Chasing Shadows”</strong> will be presented by Warren Miller Entertainment and Peery’s Egyptian Theater.The film features JT Holmes, Seth Wescott, Caroline Gleich and Steven Nyman exhibiting the dynamics ...