5 min movie guide
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Mascots
Christopher Guest the cinematic genius who defined the ‘mockumentary’ movie genre, is back on the big screen after a 10 year absence. This time his sardonic humor is aimed squarely at the rather bizarre culture of furry sports mascots, and in which bares more than a passing resemblance to Guest’s take on the dog world…
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The Accountant
Ben Affleck is Christian Wolff a man of many aliases and quite a whizz at cooking the books for any major league crooks who want to launder a great deal of illegally made money. Known as The Accountant, his autism makes him an obsessively detailed figure man, but it’s his schizophrenia that makes him enjoy…
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The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America
Despite what seems like a glut of documentary movies on the veteran rock group The Rolling Stones, filmmaker Paul Dugdale’s contribution and the latest one to the list, is still a sheer treat that will appeal to music-lovers even if they are not die-hard fans. Ever since The Stones were part of the vanguard of the…
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The Birth of a Nation
Filmmaker Nate Parker’s powerful directing debut The Birth of a Nation that was hailed as a masterpiece in many quarters in Sundance earlier this year, is based on the controversial account of Nat Turner’s life and the slave rebellion he led in 1831. The perfect timing of the premiere in the very same month the Academy…
