Paul Dervis

Fuse Film Review: “Me Before You” — More Than Your Standard Tearjerker

June 10, 2016
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Time after time, when the cheap and easy outcome is there for the plucking, Me Before You ditches the teary payoffs.

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Fuse Film Review: “The People vs. Fritz Bauer” — The Trials and Tribulations of a Nazi Hunter

May 3, 2016
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Reality is the driving force behind the suspense in this film’s look at the lurid underbelly of post-war Germany.

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Film Review: “Elvis & Nixon” — Together Again

April 24, 2016
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Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon connect in their joint emotional poverty in this funny, charming, yet somewhat fluffy film.

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Fuse Film Review: A Kibosh on “Krisha”

April 15, 2016
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Krisha feels as if it was pretty much made-up-on-the-spot, the narrative’s improvisations left in the hands of clueless amateurs.

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Film Review: “Demolition” — Destruction Made Fascinating

April 11, 2016
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Demolition eschews the conventional, spinning its way to a completely unforeseen yet beautifully apt conclusion.

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Fuse Film Review: “In the Shadow of Women” — Stuck In the Shades of Depression

March 15, 2016
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In the Shadow of Women is obviously meant to be a throwback/homage to the French New Wave cinema of the early to mid-1960s.

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Fuse Film Review: “London Has Fallen” — Jingoism “R” Us

March 8, 2016
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This might be seen as the first film inspired by potential presidency of Donald Trump.

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Film Feature: Icelandic Culture Invades Boston

March 4, 2016
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This year’s Taste of Iceland is bringing in only one film, Rock in Reykjavik, and it is screening only once.

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Film Review: “Lou Montgomery: Legacy Restored” — Mission Accomplished

February 19, 2016
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This compact documentary presents a poignant picture of the intersection of segregation, enlightenment, and failure.

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Film Review: “45 Years” — The Real Thing

February 15, 2016
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In a period of comic book action dribble, 45 Years shows the world that films can probe reality, with enormous beauty and depth.

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