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  Spotlight 2015

  ★★★½ Watched 28 Jan 2016

  Spotlight commendably takes a very low-key approach in dealing with a volatile subject matter. Even the cinematography is quite standard along with the dialogue. If you didn't already know, it's about a team of reporters who decide to expose Priests molesting children in Boston and elsewhere.

  It is set in 2001, right when the internet was starting to overwhelm print journalism as the new way people read their news. In the beginning, we learn that the investigative section of the…

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  The Martian 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Jan 2016

  The Martian may be a feel-good fantasy but it manages to leave an impression.

  It's about the crew-member left behind, and presumed dead, after the crew of an American base on Mars is forced to make an emergency departure. But he is alive, of course, otherwise there wouldn't be a movie. The drama is whether a stranded astronaut can find a way to communicate his plight to those on Earth and survive while he awaits rescue.

  Matt Damon keeps watching and the rest of the cast do their part. The special effects are quite good as you would expect from a Ridley Scott movie.

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