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Mark Jackson, Epoch Times

Mark Jackson is senior film critic for the Epoch Times. With 20 years experience as a professional New York actor, he writes stripped-down, fun reviews intended to serve our readership's movie-going needs.

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Entertainment December 11, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Hidden Figures’: NASA’s First Black Female Math Wizards

So there was this African-American woman in the 1960s, see, whose math skills not only outstripped all her ...
Entertainment October 28, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Doctor Strange’: Newest Marvel Movie Unlocks True Origins of Avenger Superpowers

PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 4 November 2016 (USA) A man gets sick. Medicine ...
Entertainment October 5, 2016

Movie Review: ‘The Edge of Seventeen,’ a Late-Millennial High School Instant Classic

"The Edge of Seventeen" will most likely become the equivalent high school cult-classic for girls
Entertainment August 15, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Hell Or High Water’: A Post-Occupy Western

R | 1h 42min | Crime, Drama | 12 August 2016 (USA) Americans enjoy the phrase, "Runnin' from ...
Entertainment August 6, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Pete’s Dragon’: Do You Believe in Magic?

PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 12 August 2016 (USA) What's a real dragon look ...
Entertainment July 28, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Bad Moms’: Funniest Summer Movie of 2016

R | 1h 41min | Comedy | 29 July 2016 (USA) I dragged myself with mild trepidation and ...
Entertainment July 26, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Jason Bourne’: Can’t out-Bourne ‘The Bourne Identity’

Reverberations of 2002's "The Bourne Identity" can still be felt throughout the Hollywood film industry. It kicked off ...
Entertainment July 16, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Ice Age: Collision Course’: Take the Scrat and Leave the Rest

PG | 1h 34min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 22 July 2016 (USA) Consider the Scrat. Acorn-addict. So ...
Entertainment July 11, 2016

Movie Review: ‘The Infiltrator’: ‘Breaking Bad’ Lite

R | Biography, Crime, Drama | 13 July 2016 (USA) Bryan Cranston's an actor's actor. Channel-surfing, I once ...
Entertainment June 28, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Free State of Jones’: Mississippi Braveheart

Former blacksmith Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey) steadies an ex-slave's head against a mangrove tree in a Mississippi swamp ...
Entertainment June 24, 2016

Movie Review: ‘The BFG’: For Children, Steven Spielberg Is a Big Friendly Giant

PG | 117 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 1 July 2016 (USA) The problem with telling a ...
Entertainment May 10, 2016

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’: Actual Apocalypse Happening Right Now, Movie Version Not So Much

The Apocalypse. Armageddon. Aren't we smack-dab in the middle of it right now? Edgar Cayce, "The Sleeping Prophet," ...
Entertainment March 28, 2016

Documentary Review: ‘Catching the Sun’: A Solar Energy Shot of Climate-Change Hope

It's high time we had some good news. We've seen documentaries showing 3-foot flames shooting off kitchen tap ...
Entertainment March 17, 2016

Movie Review: ‘One More Time’ Very Watchable Walken Wackiness

"One More Time," a fleetingly hilarious, fun little film about family, starring Christopher Walken and Johnny Depp's wife, ...
Entertainment March 15, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Born to be Blue’: Chet Baker Biopic Most Likely 2nd Best Trumpeter Film of 2016

You've seen Chet Baker's face before. It's an undying-icon face, like Marilyn Monroe's or James Dean's. In fact, ...
Entertainment March 14, 2016

The Top 10 High School Movies of All Time

Americans have a special relationship to their high school years. For a considerable number of Americans, high school ...
Entertainment March 3, 2016

8 of the Greatest Movie Soundtracks and Why You Need to Listen to Them

Soundtracks can make or break movies. A world-class soundtrack stands on its own as a separate work of ...
Entertainment February 27, 2016

2016 Oscar Face-Offs: Here’s Who We Predict Will Win

Seven Rocky pictures. Which Stallone is pretty much solely responsible for. Which made Hollywood exactly $1,285,192,797. Just so ...
Entertainment February 24, 2016

5 Must-See Movies in March

The Epoch Times film critic sifts through the film offerings of March 2016, and picks five must-see movies. ...
Entertainment February 24, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Eddie the Eagle’: A Wonderful Tale About Living Your Olympic Dream

Olympic ski jumping, that odd, skis-in-a-"V," flying business. Unless you're from a Nordic location, you see one jump—you've ...
Entertainment February 22, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Triple 9’: Casey Affleck Rocks ‘Training Day’ Variant

John Hillcoat makes manly movies. "Triple 9" is a masculine moving-picture, for men, at the multi-plex—but more so ...
Entertainment February 18, 2016

The Women of Deadpool: There Are No Small Roles

"Deadpool" is all about that dangerous, dorky, deviant dude, but here are a few fun facts about the ...
Entertainment February 11, 2016

Proof That Film Critics Don’t Know What Kids Like

Knowing what kids like is an art. Who gets it right? Rudolf Steiner kindergarten teachers and puppet shows, ...
Entertainment February 9, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Deadpool’ Unfortunately the Most Exciting Marvel Movie Ever

Deadpool is an ex-spec-ops warrior who was abused as a child. Kinda says it all, doesn't it? Because ...
Entertainment February 4, 2016

Why Is #OscarStillSoWhite in 2016?

"As many of you know, we have implemented changes to diversify our membership in the last four years. ...
News February 1, 2016

Movie Review: ‘Tumbledown’: Sudeikis Solidifies Rom-Com Status

How cozy is this? A comely lass living in a rustic, Maine woods cabin; great, bookish loft-study; two ...
Entertainment January 27, 2016

Movie Review: ’13 Hours:’ 6 Ex Spec-ops Warriors Versus 600 Pre-ISIS Banditos

"Benghazi's" based on a true story about the 6 hired-gun, ex-spec op, private security operators (made of ex-SEALS, ...

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