Articles by Ben Harrison

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  Mistress America

  Noah Baumbach

  PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2015

  Since 2013's Frances Ha, Noah Baumbach has been on a roll by focusing on the generational divide between Generation X and Millennials. His...

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  Ant-Man

  Peyton Reed

  PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2015

  Peyton Reed's Ant-Man offers perhaps the most self-consciously introspective evaluation of the Marvel brand yet, and the film works well as...

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  Max

  Boaz Yakin

  PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2015

  Boaz Yakin's Max is really sincere. Let me stress that again: It's really, really sincere and completely straight-faced, which makes its de...

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  Insidious: Chapter 3

  Leigh Whannell

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2015

  The first two films in the Insidious franchise were elegant genre exercises, elevated by James Wan's inventive and weighted style that evok...

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  Aloha

  Cameron Crowe

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2015

  How you feel about Aloha will depend on your reaction to the following story — in the wake of the Sony leak, a Gawker story had a rep...

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  Mad Max: Fury Road

  George Miller

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2015

  If cinema has always been about the study of shadow and light, movement and stasis, Mad Max: Fury Road revolutionizes how to see the world...

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  Unfriended

  Levan Gabriadze

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2015

  Levan Gabriadze's Unfriended works well as the third part of an unintentional horror thematic trilogy released this spring, along with The...

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  Furious 7

  James Wan

  PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2015

  Part sevens aren't supposed to be this good. While Furious 7 feels even more weighed down in its bombastic scope than previous entry Fast a...