Dale Maxfield Blog

Nightcrawler – Movie Review

Nightcrawler – R Release Date: Fri 31 Oct 2014 Nightcrawler is a tense crime thriller about a man named Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal). Bloom is out looking for work when he comes across an...

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Ouija – Movie Review

Ouija – PG-13 Release Date: Fri 24 Oct 2014 Ouija seemed to resonate with a group of high school girls seated along the back row of our theater. They watched in fits and starts,...

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John Wick – Movie Review

John Wick – R Release Date: Fri 24 Oct 2014 John Wick, at times, displays some interesting concepts and novel ideas in a movie that is otherwise completely built on revenge tropes. For every...

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St. Vincent – Movie Review

St. Vincent – PG-13 Release Date: Fri 24 Oct 2014 St. Vincent is a delightful movie that is equal parts comedy and heart. With strong, balanced performances by Bill Murray and Jaeden Lieberher and...

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Kill The Messenger – Movie Review

Kill the Messenger – R Release Date: Thu 09 Oct 2014 Jeremy Renner carries this political thriller telling the true story of journalist Gary Webb uncovering a massive conspiracy. It turns out that the...

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Men, Women & Children – Movie Review

Men, Women & Children – R Release Date: Fri 17 Oct 2014 I’ve been looking forward to Men, Women & Children for a while as a fan of director Jason Reitman’s previous films. This...

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Fury – Movie Review

Fury – R Release Date: Fri 17 Oct 2014 Fury has an uphill battle to differentiate itself from the vast list of World War II movies that have come before it. There are several...

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Dracula Untold – Movie Review

Dracula Untold – PG-13 Release Date: Fri 10 Oct 2014 Many adaptations of Dracula depict the origin of the character as being Vlad the Impaler, cursed to live forever as a monster. In some...

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The Judge – Movie Review

The Judge – R Release Date: Fri 10 Oct 2014 There’s a good chance that this movie would feel extremely dark and depressing without the central performance from Robert Downey Jr. While it helps...

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