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Alison Gang

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Before Midnight (2013) 98% 4/4 EDIT “Think of it, in the best way possible, as an intellectual's midlife crisis movie, which resonates all the more because we've known them - and aged along with them - for the last 18 years.” – San Diego Union-Tribune May 31, 2013 Full Review Iron Man 3 (2013) 79% 3/4 EDIT “It gives Black and his co-writer Drew Pearce ample opportunity to showcase the natural ease with which Downey creates America's snarkiest of flawed heroes.” – San Diego Union-Tribune May 2, 2013 Full Review Oblivion (2013) 53% 3/4 EDIT “A twisty-turny piece of sci-fi escapism that mostly stands on its own.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Apr 19, 2013 Full Review Evil Dead (2013) 64% 3/4 EDIT “Alvarez is relentless in his pacing, delivering blow upon blow with so much breathless gusto that you don't know whether to scream, vomit or laugh maniacally.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Apr 5, 2013 Full Review War Witch (2012) 94% 4/4 EDIT “Nguyen creates a mesmerizing tone through his camerawork, editing, sound and the infusion of African folk imagery and ritual, but it's Mwanza's performance as Komona that makes "War Witch" feel so miraculous.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Mar 29, 2013 Full Review Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) 56% 3.5/5 EDIT “It's a little bit corny and sometimes too in love with its own cleverness - but it's also the most fun I've had at the movies this year.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Mar 8, 2013 Full Review Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) 52% 2/4 EDIT “It's all at the right level for a PG-13 audience, though older teens, and adults not accompanying kids, might find it all to be just a little too storybook.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Mar 1, 2013 Full Review Beautiful Creatures (2013) 47% 1/4 EDIT “A clumsy mess of supernatural hooey that conveniently shifts its rules and reasoning whenever the story needs a shove in the direction of its inevitable showdown.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Feb 14, 2013 Full Review A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) 15% 1.5/4 EDIT “Although he can still kick it into gear when the situation demands it, it's not entirely clear if it's McClane, Willis, or maybe the franchise itself that's barely mustering up the strength to carry on.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Feb 14, 2013 Full Review Stand Up Guys (2012) 37% 2.5/4 EDIT “A thoughtful little buddy caper comedy that wisely exploits the audience's natural affection for its aging stars.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Feb 1, 2013 Full Review Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films 2013 (2013) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “A delightful set of films spanning genres, styles and the globe in just one outing.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Feb 1, 2013 Full Review 2013 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films (2013) 94% 3.5/4 EDIT “A delightful set of films spanning genres, styles and the globe in just one outing.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Feb 1, 2013 Full Review West of Memphis (2012) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “Nearly overwhelms you with hopelessness, if not an adrenaline rush of rage - even if you're familiar with the case.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jan 25, 2013 Full Review 56 Up (2012) 98% 4/4 EDIT “Apted possesses the unsettling ability to shape perceptions of their lives and personalities from inside an editing suite, a fact that the members of his flock begin to recognize at varying points throughout their adult years.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jan 25, 2013 Full Review Gangster Squad (2013) 30% 1.5/4 EDIT “Ruben Fleischer's gleefully grisly shoot-'em-up is just one more chapter in the epic love story between Hollywood, guns and gratuitous violence.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jan 11, 2013 Full Review Amour (2012) 93% 4/4 EDIT “Haneke treats Georges and Anne with absolute respect, never pandering to sentiment or cliché and most assuredly not sugarcoating the experience of walking one's partner through suffering, toward death.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jan 11, 2013 Full Review Zero Dark Thirty (2012) 91% 4/4 EDIT “The suspense comes not from how we ultimately bring down bin Laden, but how Maya - and what remains of America's fraying do-gooder conscience - fares in the process.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jan 3, 2013 Full Review Django Unchained (2012) 87% 3/4 EDIT “It's not much of a stretch to call Tarantino's entertainment-oriented brand of revisionist history tacky, if not deeply offensive, but the energy and audacity with which he executes it is undeniable.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Dec 21, 2012 Full Review This Is 40 (2012) 52% 2/4 EDIT “It's great that Apatow isn't afraid to dig deep to mine the uglier sides of matrimony, but his unusual personal connection to the material and the cast...is somewhat off-putting.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Dec 21, 2012 Full Review The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) 64% 2/4 EDIT “Jackson's risky creative choices have drained Bilbo Baggins' adventure of its magic.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Dec 14, 2012 Full Review Hitchcock (2012) 59% 3/4 EDIT “"Hitchcock" marks the first time Hopkins and Mirren have appeared together on-screen, and it's as fun to watch as you'd imagine.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Nov 30, 2012 Full Review Killing Them Softly (2012) 74% 3/4 EDIT “For all the guys who get whacked in gloriously grisly and stylized ways, there wasn't one moment when I cared even slightly who came out of it alive.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Nov 30, 2012 Full Review Life of Pi (2012) 86% 3.5/4 EDIT “Even during Pi's bleakest moments lost at sea, Lee's artistry gives us something at which to marvel” – San Diego Union-Tribune Nov 24, 2012 Full Review Lincoln (2012) 89% 3.5/4 EDIT “It's Kushner the playwright who moves "Lincoln" from uncanny historical re-enactment to near-mythic memorial.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Nov 16, 2012 Full Review Skyfall (2012) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “"Skyfall" is as much a joyful trip down memory lane as it is a 21st-century Bond adventure.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Nov 9, 2012 Full Review
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