More movies

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/13_disconnect.htm> Disconnect
★★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - The auspicious fictional debut of documentary filmmaker
Henry Alex Rubin, "Disconnect" is a penetrating examination of who we are
as a people and culture living in the advanced electronic age of the here
and now-a place as potentially dangerous and harmful as it is radically
convenient.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/l/13_lordsofsalem.htm> The Lords of
Salem
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - Though admirable for moving away from director Rob Zombie's
comfort zone by focusing on mood and atmosphere over jump scares and a body
count, "The Lords of Salem" is exceedingly tough to warm up to and makes a
fatally wrong decision in presenting a lead heroine who is weak and
complacent throughout.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/o/13_oblivion.htm> Oblivion
★★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - This is a ravishing, eye-popping, even groundbreaking science-
fiction epic almost boundless in the kind of out-of-this-world imagery
viewers will have never seen before. "Oblivion" impresses again and again
on a scale as emotionally intimate as it is physically colossal.
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Movies this weekend?

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/13_bigwedding.htm> The Big Wedding
★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - "The Big Wedding" flounders on the brink of embarrassment,
crossing over time and again as the plotting grows ever more asinine and
nothing gels. One must look on the bright side and count his or her actual
blessings: at least it's over quickly.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/13_bigwedding.htm> Read the Full
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/p/13_painandgain.htm> Pain & Gain
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - Michael Bay's sizable departure from what is usually expected
of him is the wisest creative decision of his career, proof that when he
puts his mind to it and chooses quality over a massive paycheck, it just
might pay off in an altogether more gratifying way.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/p/13_painandgain.htm> Read the Full
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Save now on your remodeling

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Perhaps not so scary

Also Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/13_scarymovie5.htm> Scary Movie 5
★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - Stretched to the breaking point at only 70 minutes sans 15
minutes of credits (the end titles include a literal collection of outtakes
in between each actor credit that pops onto the screen), the inexcusably
desperate "Scary Movie 5" is this once-prosperous series' death rattle.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/13_scarymovie5.htm> Read the Full
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Escape the heat

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/c/13_companyyoukeep.htm> The Company
You Keep
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - Overstuffed with too many superfluous supporting characters
and story tangents, the film attempts to fool the viewer into thinking the
plot is more complicated than it is. By the overly convenient topper, one is
less likely to be satiated than to feel disappointment. Is that really all
there is?
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/f/13_42.htm> 42
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - Falls back too frequently upon manipulation and speech-giving
to get its obvious points across. Though dramatically sound in spurts, the
film as a whole, written and directed by Brian Helgeland, lacks the feel and
visual panache of a theatrical release and would have been more fitting
premiering on cable.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/f/13_42.htm> Read the Full Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/13_tothewonder.htm> To the Wonder
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities & VOD - The movie forgets what it's trying to say and instead
very nearly turns into a spoof of a Terrence Malick film. There is only so
much twirling in wheat fields a person can handle before it starts to come
off as a mockery of itself. There are no two ways about it: "To the Wonder"
is a mess, but at least it's an interesting mess.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/13_trance.htm> Trance
★★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - At once ethereal and daunting, a tantalizing puzzler seamlessly
weaving layers of subconscious memory and literal hypnotic fantasy with that
of bitter truths folding in on themselves, the film traverses so many genres
and emotional territory in the span of only 101 minutes that it's difficult
to bring justice to just how enormously special and rare and one-of-a-kind
it is.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/13_trance.htm> Read the Full Review
>>


Review Coming Soon: Scary Movie 5


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#COMCAST sucks

A scary day today. After a two weeks of unrelenting fights with #Comcastsux
about my recent bill (increased 200%) and service (I would be better served
with dial up), the technician arrived this morning. After a quick
evaluation, he tells me that he is not a service technician. He can only
remove and replace equipment. Why you ask would I want new equipment?
Well, two years ago when the when #Comcastsux installed the equipment, they
put in the wrong stuff. Over the past year and one battle after another,
they cannot get it straight. Finally, I think we are going to solve the
problem. As the technician is talking to #Comcastsux on speakerphone, the
lady tell him that #Comcastsux's new rules won't allow for a simple
disconnect or swap our of boxes. So, what do I do now I politely ask? Dump
Comcast, sue them and go with Dish, Direct or FIOS says the technician.
Enough said.

"Spring" cinema

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/e/13_evildead.htm> Evil Dead
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - Ardent fans of the earlier "The Evil Dead," rest easy: your
beloved film has neither been cheapened nor desecrated. "Evil Dead" is a
giddily effective bombardment of mangled body parts and gushes of viscera
while simultaneously weaving a supernatural tale that is tension-filled and
genuinely disquieting.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/e/13_evildead.htm> Read the Full
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/p/13_placebeyondthepines.htm> The
Place Beyond the Pines
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - A sobering crime drama about the life-altering
reverberations that occur across two families and multiple generations when
their existences fatefully collide, "The Place Beyond the Pines" is,
perhaps, a little too convenient at sorting out its plot threads, but
nevertheless remains a tough, compelling, uncompromising experience.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/p/13_placebeyondthepines.htm> Read
the Full Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/u/13_upstreamcolor.htm> Upstream Color
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - "Upstream Color" is about nothing less than the circuitous
nature of living and dying and the organic wonders of rebirth. Hefty
topics, but so it goes with a filmmaker of Shane Carruth's wild stripes.
His handling of such idiosyncratic material is admirable, but there is a
distance that remains between the viewer and his subjects.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/u/13_upstreamcolor.htm> Read the Full
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COMCAST

#COMCAST absolutely sucks!! The American consumer deserves options. It is
time to give the ability to pick and decide what service provider we want.
Fed up and pissed off.