Kim Voynar
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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War Story (2014) |
With War Story, I think it's safe to say Jackson's found the storytelling niche of a rising auteur, and he plans to stay there. - Movie City News
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| Posted Jun 26, 2020
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Without (2011) |
Jackson shows a lot of promise as a director, based on this debut. - Movie City News
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| Posted Jun 11, 2020
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The Devil We Know (2018) |
Soechtig again expertly weaves together all the complicated pieces and science to present a compelling case within a documentary structured like a suspense film. - Movie City News
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| Posted Aug 06, 2018
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Night Comes On (2018) |
Newcomer Tatum Marilyn Hall...makes a startling, powerful debut turn. - Movie City News
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| Posted Aug 03, 2018
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Listen Up Philip (2014) |
With Listen Up Philip [Alex Ross Perry is] certainly speaking a truth, and doing so with a rare, unflinching honesty, even if it's sometimes hard to watch Philip's tragically miserable existence unfold. - Movie City News
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| Posted Dec 12, 2015
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The Second Mother (2015) |
What makes The Second Mother particularly compelling is that the Muylaert doesn't particularly judge or take sides with her characters, even as she criticizes the social construct within which she places them. - Movie City News
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| Posted Mar 23, 2015
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The Joy of Life (2005) |
Jenni Olson draws a stark portrait of loneliness and despair, tinged with hope, in The Joy of Life. - Cinematical
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| Posted Nov 07, 2014
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Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) |
Completely original, technically proficient, and simply mesmerizing. - Movie City News
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| Posted Feb 07, 2014
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When I Walk (2013) |
When I Walk overcomes the risk of being gloomy or solipsistic by the sheer force of the personality of its director and subject. - Movie City News
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| Posted Oct 22, 2013
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Blood Brother (2013) |
It's clear that both Rocky and Hoover have been greatly changed by their experiences; what's more surprising is how effective Blood Brother is at moving the audience as well. - Movie City News
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| Posted Oct 16, 2013
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Cutie and the Boxer (2013) |
Cutie and the Boxer is a beautifully made film, as one might expect a film about the art world to be. - Movie City News
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| Posted Jul 24, 2013
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At Any Price (2012) |
At Any Price isn't so much about race cars or corn as it is about what price we're willing to pay to protect what we love, and to keep our hopes and dreams alive. As such it's a fitting parable for our times. - Movie City News
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| Posted Jul 24, 2013
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We Are What We Are (2013) |
There are some terrific performances in this film, most notably from Childers and Garner, who move seamlessly from wide-eyed naivete to fierce protectiveness. And man, is this a gorgeous, well-put together film. - Movie City News
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| Posted May 20, 2013
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Think of Me (2011) |
Lauren Ambrose has a career-high turn in Think of Me, writer-director Brian Wizemann's smart, suspenseful, intimate film. - Movie City News
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| Posted Mar 29, 2013
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Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
It's a mostly fun and entertaining romp through the lighter side of darkness -- or at least, dark comedy. - Movie City News
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| Posted Sep 10, 2012
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Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) |
This one's a winner. - Movie City News
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| Posted Jun 29, 2012
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Marvel's the Avengers (2012) |
Comic geeks can collectively sigh with deep relief: Joss Whedon has taken their beloved Avengers and given them back a well-directed, action-packed, brilliantly written film. - Movie City News
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| Posted May 03, 2012
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The Hunger Games (2012) |
... while Battle Royale is good bloody dystopian fun, The Hunger Games has a better, more completely drawn story and interweaving of theme. And it has Katniss Everdeen, who's a completely kick-ass female protagonist. - Movie City News
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| Posted Mar 23, 2012
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The Lie (2011) |
This is an assured directorial debut that goes beyond what we often see out of indie filmmakers. - Movie City News
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| Posted Nov 14, 2011
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Women Art Revolution (2010) |
This doc is real gem -- as relevant to the feminist art movement as Exit Through the Gift Shop was for street art, albeit less flashy in its composition. - Movie City News
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| Posted Oct 26, 2011
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Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
That the film works so effectively is in large part due to the terrific performances by Olsen and Hawkes and the way they play off each other. - Movie City News
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| Posted Oct 17, 2011
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Melancholia (2011) |
Like all of Von Trier's work, Melancholia requires seeing beyond the surface of what he shows us to find the connections between his characters and ourselves. - Movie City News
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| Posted Oct 06, 2011
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Crime After Crime (2011) |
The film is skillfully edited and scored, weaving eight years of events into a seamlessly told story that makes excellent use of suspense and emotion. - Movie City News
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| Posted Jun 28, 2011
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Black Swan (2010) |
Black and white, good and evil, ambition and obsession, delusion and reality are all blended together in this crazy, weird, compelling film, and it's masterful, inventive storytelling, whether you like the end result or not. - Movie City News
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| Posted Dec 03, 2010
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It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) |
Although this film is a big departure stylistically for Boden and Fleck, you can see where they are trying to bring much the same sensibility to the direction of It's Kind of a Funny Story that they brought to Half Nelson and Sugar. - Movie City News
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| Posted Sep 13, 2010
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Waltz With Bashir (2008) |
Waltz with Bashir uses vivid, hand-drawn animation to bring to life interviews Folman conducted with friends who were involved in the Lebanese war in the early 1980s. - Cinematical
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| Posted Jul 06, 2010
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The Blind Side (2009) |
I sure wish Sandra Bullock would get out of the business of making crappy rom-coms and make more movies like The Blind Side ... - Movie City News
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| Posted Nov 21, 2009
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One Love (2009) |
He's telling a story with poetry instead of prose here, and while I'd like to see an expanded feature-length version of the film to see where he might go with it, it's very good as it is. - Movie City News
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| Posted Nov 06, 2009
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Peter and Vandy (2009) |
This is a lovely, charming film with a slow burn that sneaks up on you. - Movie City News
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| Posted Oct 12, 2009
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Public Enemies (2009) |
Public Enemies isn't a bad film, and it's mostly entertaining, but there was the possibility of a really great film in there somewhere. Unfortunately, this isn't it. - Movie City News
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| Posted Jun 29, 2009
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) |
It's not so much that the story is inherently bad; it's more that it seems no one bothered to put one in at all, and worse, that no one seems to have cared. - Movie City News
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| Posted Jun 29, 2009
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Angels & Demons (2009) |
It's entertaining enough for what it is, but like the book from which it was adapted, Angels and Demons is light beach reading (or summer viewing), not meant to satisfy your artistic soul. - Movie City News
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| Posted May 15, 2009
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Star Trek (2009) |
The battle sequences in the first seven or so minutes of opening sequence, with Kirk's mother laboring to bring him into the world while his father fights to buy enough time to save everyone, are worth the price of admission alone. - Movie City News
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| Posted May 07, 2009
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Knowing (2009) |
I don't know if I can find words to adequately express just how bad Knowing is, but I'm going to try, in the hopes that perhaps I can save you spending your own hard-earned money in a tight economy on a truly wretched movie-going experience. - Movie City News
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| Posted Mar 23, 2009
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Watchmen (2009) |
In its way, the film is as relevant as an artistic and cultural statement as the source material -- and that's saying something. - Movie City News
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| Posted Mar 05, 2009
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Twilight (2008) |
Stewart is a fine, talented actress, and she ups the ante considerably here; her strong performance makes of Twilight a far better film than it would have been with a lesser actress in the part. - Movie City News
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| Posted Nov 21, 2008
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Body of Lies (2008) |
Thanks to its high-talent pro lineup, Body of Lies passes the time well, even if it doesn't necessarily enrich it. - Movie City News
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| Posted Oct 29, 2008
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Blindness (2008) |
At it's worst, it's a super-Twilight Zone episode. At it's best, it's a grand dystopian epic of social degeneration. - Movie City News
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| Posted Oct 29, 2008
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Reversion (2008) |
Reversion is a bold and edgy film that explores some interesting philosophical and political ideas that are particularly relevant in a time when our leaders seem to make most of their decisions without regard to past, present or future. - Cinematical
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| Posted Oct 18, 2008
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Sugar (2008) |
Boden and Fleck know what they're doing, and I'd expect we'll see many more films from this pair in the coming years. They're just warming up. - Cinematical
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| Posted Oct 18, 2008
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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) |
Meticulously paced and beautifully shot. - Cinematical
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| Posted Oct 18, 2008
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Hunger (2008) |
It's a brilliant portrayal of a tragic moment in human history. - Cinematical
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| Posted Oct 18, 2008
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Wendy and Lucy (2008) |
After seeing these two films from Reichardt, I can't wait to see what she does next. - Cinematical
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| Posted Oct 18, 2008
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Adoration (2008) |
Some find [Egoyan] obtuse and overly intellectual; I like the chances he takes with his films, and his unique way of examining the mundane and tying it to larger issues, and he does that very well in Adoration. - Cinematical
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| Posted Oct 18, 2008
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Momma's Man (2008) |
The film drags at times, and watching Boren take Mikey further and further into a state of absolute immobility is difficult to watch, but his performance is so spot-on that you can't help but be drawn into figuring out what's going on with him. - Cinematical
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| Posted Oct 18, 2008
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Everlasting Moments (2008) |
... Troell's expert storytelling and some outstanding performances combine to keep the film from feeling overly bleak. - Cinematical
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| Posted Sep 22, 2008
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Slumdog Millionaire (2008) |
There's sadness and tragedy within Slumdog Millionaire -- starvation, genocide, child prostitution and overwhelming oppression -- but there's humor, humanity and dignity as well. - Cinematical
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| Posted Sep 18, 2008
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Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
Hawkins is delightful, connecting with the audience when a lesser actress would have been merely cloying in the role. - Cinematical
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| Posted Sep 18, 2008
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Adam Resurrected (2008) |
Goldblum's performance as Adam is complex and engrossing to watch ... - Cinematical
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| Posted Sep 18, 2008
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Burn After Reading (2008) |
... a fun ride down the roller coaster of the dark side of human nature as only the Coens can explore it. - Cinematical
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| Posted Sep 18, 2008
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