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Telluride Review: Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Steve Jobs’ Directed By Danny Boyle Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet & Seth Rogen

A surefire awards contender, “Steve Jobs” is largely breathtaking stuff, at the very least on an experiential level; it’s a rush of blood to the head. A electrifying portrayal of a relentlessly determined and dysfunctionally complicated figure, “Steve Jobs” is a buzzingly entertaining movie about an obdurate radical with a broken operating system who still managed to transform the world around us, how we communicate, and the course of technological history. [B+/A-]
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TIFF Review: ‘I Saw The Light’ Starring Tom Hiddleston & Elizabeth Olsen

There’s nothing wrong with taking a warts-and-all approach to a pop legend, but when it becomes mostly warts, the reason for making the movie in the first place gets lost. Did Abrahams just want to compose a lot of postcard-pretty pictures of a handsome man in a cowboy hat? Or perhaps he was trying to mimic what Williams says about his singing voice — that whenever he finds a note he likes, he sticks with it. [C]
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‘The Walk’ Review: An Immersive Retelling of Petit’s Impossible Dream| NYFF 2015
http://collider.com/the-walk-movie-review-joseph-gordon-levitt-nyff-2015/

By the time he takes his first step out on that wire, you’re right there with him in every respect. Zemeckis’ use of IMAX 3D undoubtedly enhances the event, but it’s the strong performances, storytelling and shot selection that make the movie’s big moment especially immersive.

The Walk is a high quality crowdpleaser. It’s big, bold, beautiful and zips through the wildly inspiring narrative with a powerful amount of momentum. Zemeckis delivers big when it comes to the use of the IMAX 3D technology, but what makes The Walk far more than a quick thrill is Zemeckis’ respectful and heartfelt approach to telling Philippe’s story, and especially what the Twin Towers mean to him, an aspect of the film that will undoubtedly strike a chord with many.

Grade: B+
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‘Elvis & Nixon’ Review: Michael Shannon Is the King
http://collider.com/elvis-and-nixon-review-michael-shannon-kevin-spacey/

Despite some great moments between Shannon and Spacey, Elvis & Nixon suffers from a lack of simplicity. It’s easy to understand why people love the unexpected image of Elvis and Nixon being together in the highest office in the land. After watching Elvis & Nixon, I still want more of that. In a turn of a future presidential phrase: it’s the meeting, stupid.

Grade: C
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Is it wrong that I want to see this simply for Shannon?
 
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