Britt Robertson plays an optimistic whiz kid in Tomorrowland. (Photo by Walt Disney Studios)

The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be

Mark Fields

May 27, 2015, Uncategorized

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Disney sci-fi feature hampered by erratic tone Disney’s new science-fiction thriller for 

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Summer Fun at the Cineplex

Mark Fields

Apr 29, 2015, Uncategorized

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Our critic picks his favorites for the next four months The summer 

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Russell Crowe directs and stars as Joshua Connor in the drama The Water Diviner. (Photo Warner Bros. Pictures)

The Water Diviner Comes Up Dry

Mark Fields

Apr 29, 2015, Uncategorized

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Russell Crowe directs, stars in lackluster period drama Set amidst the aftermath 

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Barry Schlecker (left) and Matt Sullivan say the WilmFilm lineup is a collection of “movies that matter.” Photo Sachi Kaskel

Selecting the WilmFilm Lineup

Mark Fields

Mar 31, 2015, Uncategorized

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Schlecker and Sullivan discuss the independent film festival, set for April 23-26 

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Tee Off…

Mark Fields

Feb 27, 2015, Uncategorized

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. . . with six movie comedies set on the links While 

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Colin Firth stars as Harry Hart, an impeccably suave spy, in Kingsman: The Secret Service. (Photo Jaap Buitendijk, © 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

Kingsman: Not Quite Royalty

Mark Fields

Feb 27, 2015, Uncategorized

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Graphic-novel spy spoof full of visual thrills but lacks human touch Many 

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(L-r) Kyle Gallner as Goat-Winston and Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle in American Sniper. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.

American Sniper Misses the Mark

Mark Fields

Jan 29, 2015, Uncategorized

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Military biopic shines in-country, stumbles at home Early in American Sniper, the 

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James Corden as the Baker and Lilla Crawford as Little Red Riding Hood in Into The Woods. (Photo Fair Hill, LL)

Will You Be Into Into the Woods?

Mark Fields

Dec 31, 2014, Uncategorized

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Well-executed movie musical requires a special audience The musical form succeeds well 

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Steve Carell plays John du Pont; Channing Tatum is Mark Schultz. (Photo by Fair Hill, LLC.)

Wrestling With Reality

Mark Fields

Dec 1, 2014, Uncategorized

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John du Pont/Schultz story: strong acting in “incomplete film experience” The tragic 

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Down, On Main Street

Mark Fields

Dec 1, 2014, Uncategorized

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Six movies that probe the good and the bad—mostly the bad—of small 

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