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Dave McGinn

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Free Lunch Society: Komm Komm Grundeinkommen (2017) EDIT “If you want to give the idea of a universal basic income the serious, grounded treatment it deserves, bookending a documentary about it with Star Trek clips probably isn't the way to go.” – Globe and Mail Feb 2, 2018 Full Review Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017) 74% 2.5/4 EDIT “The film may not shed any new light on Hamilton, but the footage of him riding 100-foot-high waves is nothing short of awesome.” – Globe and Mail Oct 20, 2017 Full Review Rebel in the Rye (2017) 28% 1.5/4 EDIT “We see the young Salinger stuck at his desk lighting matches and throwing pages in the garbage. We see his trembling hand hovering above a page. There is sometimes music. When all else fails, there's a montage.” – Globe and Mail Oct 6, 2017 Full Review Gutland (2017) 82% 2.5/4 EDIT “[Director Govinda] Van Maele is in no rush to get to the climax and he takes a long time to begin to build suspense, but the slow burn pays off in the end.” – Globe and Mail Sep 11, 2017 Full Review Never Steady, Never Still (2017) 79% 2.5/4 EDIT “The hardship of it is immediate, but it never feels forced or exploitative. [Kathleen] Hepburn cares for her characters too much to force matters in such a way.” – Globe and Mail Sep 11, 2017 Full Review You Disappear (2017) 42% 2/4 EDIT “But after pondering the question of what makes us who we are over and over, you're reminded that the question is so much more captivating than the answers we're given here.” – Globe and Mail Sep 11, 2017 Full Review Blood Honey (2017) 25% 1.5/4 EDIT “While there are moments of intrigue and a good twist, the whole thing feels as if it's a B-movie horror that wants to be so much more.” – Globe and Mail Sep 1, 2017 Full Review The Only Living Boy in New York (2017) 33% 1.5/4 EDIT “Like the Paul Simon song it pulls its title from, you've heard it too many times before and the ardour just isn't there.” – Globe and Mail Aug 25, 2017 Full Review Patti Cake$ (2017) 86% 3/4 EDIT “Patti Cake$ for the most part avoids feeling like a song you've heard before. It's too big-hearted and genuine not to love.” – Globe and Mail Aug 25, 2017 Full Review Integral Man (2016) 3/4 EDIT “There isn't a critical word voiced in the film - about the house or Stewart. But that's fine. This isn't meant to be a critique; it's a loving portrait.” – Globe and Mail Jul 7, 2017 Full Review 47 Meters Down (2017) 53% 1.5/4 EDIT “Even at 89 minutes, you can feel the oxygen running out of this movie.” – Globe and Mail Jun 23, 2017 Full Review Bang Bang Baby (2014) 67% 2.5/4 EDIT “Dream, nightmare or reality?” – Globe and Mail Aug 21, 2015 Full Review I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014) 84% 2.5/4 EDIT “Very much a heartwarming tribute, bordering on treacly.” – Globe and Mail May 29, 2015 Full Review Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “It's incredible. It sets the standard for blockbuster action movies, and manages to be even better than its predecessor.” – Globe and Mail Jul 11, 2014 Full Review Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) 18% 1.5/4 EDIT “Well before it finished I was numb from its bludgeoning excess.” – Globe and Mail Jun 27, 2014 Full Review Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013) 79% 2/4 EDIT “While Gordon may be a minor figure at best, he is, as this film shows, exactly what a mensch should be.” – Globe and Mail Jun 6, 2014 Full Review A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) 33% EDIT “Yes, there are a million ways to die in the west. Boredom shouldn't be one of them.” – Globe and Mail May 30, 2014 Full Review Fed Up (2014) 80% 3.5/4 EDIT “You won't look at grocery store aisles the same way after you've seen Fed Up.” – Globe and Mail May 9, 2014 Full Review Draft Day (2014) 60% 2/4 EDIT “There's plenty of shimmying here, maybe too much, and lots of spin moves, but it's missing on-the-field results.” – Globe and Mail Apr 11, 2014 Full Review Non-Stop (2014) 62% 1.5/4 EDIT “The problem is that Non-Stop tries to be something it's not. It has one too many scenes that border on ludicrous, and the big reveal barely makes sense.” – Globe and Mail Feb 28, 2014 Full Review Rush (2013) 89% 2.5/4 EDIT “An entertaining movie with two solid performances that only occasionally stalls because of its sometimes heavy-handed treatment of Hunt and Lauda's differences.” – Globe and Mail Dec 31, 2013 Full Review Thor: The Dark World (2013) 67% 2.5/4 EDIT “Thor: The Dark World is a good model of how superheroes can save the world without forced gravitas, and have fun doing it.” – Globe and Mail Dec 18, 2013 Full Review Dear Mr. Watterson (2013) 64% 2.5/4 EDIT “If you're a fan of Calvin and Hobbes, director Joel Allen Schroeder's documentary Dear Mr. Watterson is more or less pure joy.” – Globe and Mail Nov 15, 2013 Full Review When Jews Were Funny (2013) 71% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's fun viewing.” – Globe and Mail Nov 15, 2013 Full Review Man of Tai Chi (2013) 70% 2/4 EDIT “[An] ambitious but generic martial-arts movie.” – Globe and Mail Nov 1, 2013 Full Review
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