Pawn Sacrifice

I grew up in a chess household, and thus with the name Bobby Fischer. I knew of his genius and his struggles with mental health when I was very young and have always followed his life with great interest. "Pawn Sacrifice" is a fairly accurate portrait of his mental illness but left too many of the details of his life open for question. There was a lot of interesting story left out, which made me rather sad. However, Wood was brilliant in this, and gained it back half of a star. And, just for the record, I believe Kasparov would have beaten Fischer had they met in their prime. 3.5/5

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The Last Witch Hunter

This was honestly god awful, and Diesel just sleep-walked through it. Who green lit this project? Ugh. 1.5/5

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Operation Filmmaker

This documentary explores it's subject with relentless aplomb & gets a juicy story for its trouble. 4/5

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Grand Piano

As a former pianist, the unrealistic playing in this choppy plot-holed thriller really took me out of things. 2.5/5

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The Romantics

By all rights I should have hated this but I surprisingly didn't - I found it a fascinating character study. BTW, this would be a perfect double-feature with Baumbach's "Margot at the Wedding" - both are quite good. 4/5

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Maniac

This is the only film I've ever seen shot entirely in first person perspective - unique, disturbing, & quite gory. 3.5/5

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