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All The President’s Men

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  • Title: All The President’s Men
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AMC Theatres’ release of All The President’s Men in select theaters is timely not only in honoring the passing of Robert Reford but in terms of current events with a corrupt administration hiding its crimes and going on an attack against the press and the First Amendment. Released in 1976, the film follows hungry reporters Bob Woodward (Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) looking into the Watergate break-in and uncovering a story so large it would eventually lead to the resignation of Nixon a year later.

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Afterburn

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  • Title: Afterburn
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After spending more than 15 years in development hell, this post-apocalyptic action flick finally sees the light of day. Set a decade after the world has fallen into chaos when a solar flare destroys most of the world’s technology, and various warlords arise to fight over what is left, Dave Bautista stars as a treasure hunter who continues to put his skills to work finding rare and lost items for the local would-be king (Samuel L. Jackson).

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The Long Walk

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  • Title: The Long Walk
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Set in dystopian present where the United States Government has been replaced by a totalitarian regime (something which seems scarily prescient given our current circumstance), The Long Walk follows a group of “volunteers” on a grueling contest to walk continuously over hundreds of miles until only a single winner remains standing (with the quick and brutal murders of any contestants who fall off the pace). Adapted from a Stephen King novel, the film has many of the same themes of King’s The Running Man, or other films such as The Hunger Games and Death Race, making social commentary on a corrupt system and the gamification of life for ordinary people turning survival into entertainment.

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The Sound of Music

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  • Title: The Sound of Music
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Returning to theaters for the film’s 60th Anniversary, the film adaptation of the stage musical The Sound of Music was a worldwide success on its release in 1965 and remains a cultural touchstone more than half a century later. Julie Andrews stars as the problematic nun turned governess who finds her place with the von Trapp family on the eve of Germany’s march across Europe in what would become the Second World War.

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Toy Story

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  • Title: Toy Story
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Re-released in theaters for the film’s 30th Anniversary, Toy Story was never the quintessential film for me that is is for some. While I certainly understand its importance to the company, and thoroughly enjoy the film, the animation is still rough in a couple places (most notably in the human characters) and it lacks the emotional impact to me that both Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3 deliver. That said, it’s still a damn fine movie taking us into a world of what happens to a child’s toys once they leave the room. 

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