Articles by Leyland Cecco

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  A Hologram For the King

  Directed by Tom Tykwer

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2016

  Credit Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas, Run Lola Run): A Hologram For the King is one of the few movies that doesn't show the Middle East as a deso...

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  Life

  Anton Corbijn

  PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2015

  In Anton Corbijn's Life, James Dean (played by Dane DeHaan) is a young star on the rise, resistant to the fame thrust upon him. His confusi...

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  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

  Francis Lawrence

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2015

  By this point, the plot lines in the 007 franchise have become so incongruous and absurd, that it's been usurped by the gigantic Hunger Gam...

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  The Gift

  Joel Edgerton

  PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2015

  A chance encounter at a home outfitting store between newly married couple Simon and Robyn (Jason Bateman and Jessica Hall) and a former cl...

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  Minions

  Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin

  PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2015

  It was inevitable that the most marketable and merchandisable characters in recent memory would gain their own spinoff prequel. Can a gaggl...

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  Drone

  Tonje Hessen Schei

  PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2015

  Drone captures the uncomfortable realities that accompany the use of "targeted assassinations," which have increased significantly as the O...

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  True Story

  Rupert Goold

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2015

  What does it mean when someone tells you a story so unbelievable that they have to promise it's a true story? In this case, what does "true...