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After Earth

After Earth

Basically, it’s a bargain bin "Avatar" meets "The Grey," with a little of "The Great Santini" thrown in for the hell of it. It all adds up to very little, however, as Shyamalan’s increasingly tone-deaf approach to drama makes for an emotionally limp story. The father-son tension is strictly routine and of the ABC After-School Special variety, and every beat of the story is predictable.

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Epic

Epic

"Epic" is nothing but underdeveloped stories that are masked by high flying action and solid voice performances from a talented cast. It’s sure to delight children, though it won’t leave a lasting impression and the chance to provide them with some meaning is unfortunately passed by for simplicity’s sake. It’s certainly not an example of a good animated film.

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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

It’s certainly watchable in a detached sort of way, although the uninitiated are likely to wonder what all the fuss over the novel is about. Fitzgerald wrote his novel as a critique of what he saw as a shallowness in American society that increased in direct proportion to its prosperity. Luhrmann fails to see that; ironically, he’s content to simply make a shallow movie about shallow people. At least Fitzgerald got the sad, sorry punchline to the joke.

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