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Mike Russell

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Winter's Tale (2014) 12% C- EDIT “"Winter's Tale" wants to be a magical romance that leaves you feeling like the universe is full of secret purpose, but instead it's convoluted, over-narrated and deeply silly.” – Oregonian Feb 12, 2014 Full Review 2 Autumns, 3 Winters (2013) 80% B EDIT “Betbeder's tale of aging Parisian art-school grads falling in love is told as a near-relentless collage of fourth-wall-breaking monologues -- "High Fidelity"-style -- and peppered with chapter breaks, dream sequences, and clips from other movies.” – Oregonian Feb 12, 2014 Full Review Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013) 47% B+ EDIT “"Age of Uprising" unsettles as it raises troubling questions about the price, morality and flexibility of a "principled stand."” – Oregonian Feb 4, 2014 Full Review Cairo Drive (2013) B+ EDIT “In Elkatsha's editing bay, the frustrations of traffic become a potent metaphor for a nation's much-larger frustrations.” – Oregonian Feb 4, 2014 Full Review Cycling With Moliere (2013) 75% B EDIT “The island setting is lovely and the few forays into slapstick are fairly lame, but Wilson and Luchini's dramatic tanglings are fun to watch ...” – Oregonian Feb 4, 2014 Full Review Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) 76% B+ EDIT “The entire cast does the subtlest work we've seen in a Potter film, right down to the supporting and single-scene players.” – Oregonian Nov 20, 2013 Full Review The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) 90% B+ EDIT “Jennifer Lawrence remains the series' biggest coup. "Catching Fire" asks the actress to add PTSD and romantic stirrings to Katniss' psyche, then cover it with a barely affixed public mask. Lawrence steps up.” – Oregonian Nov 19, 2013 Full Review Zero Charisma (2013) 77% B EDIT “Overall the movie offers a funny, human take on a wounded person and the gaming subculture that consumes him.” – Oregonian Oct 22, 2013 Full Review Prisoners (2013) 81% EDIT “A fascinating, skillfully directed, overpoweringly atmospheric mystery.” – Oregonian Sep 19, 2013 Full Review Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) 42% C+ EDIT “Here's a poster blurb: "Your child's attention will be briefly diverted."” – Oregonian Aug 6, 2013 Full Review The To Do List (2013) 55% C EDIT “There's a potentially innovative teen comedy in here somewhere, but it's surrounded by one that's much duller.” – Oregonian Jul 25, 2013 Full Review The Conjuring (2013) 86% B EDIT “It isn't particularly deep, but it's a grab-your-seatmate good time at the haunted house.” – Oregonian Jul 18, 2013 Full Review Before Midnight (2013) 98% A EDIT “If you've grown old with these characters, "Before Midnight" is an exhilarating and breathtakingly nervy experience.” – Oregonian Jun 13, 2013 Full Review Fast & Furious 6 (2013) 71% B EDIT “Whatever weird charisma lightning struck "Five" more or less strikes again here.” – Oregonian May 23, 2013 Full Review The Iceman (2012) 67% B- EDIT “It's probably a superfeat that Shannon pulls a coherent performance out of the contradictions (and scene-to-scene changes in wardrobe and hairstyle) handed to him by the character and filmmakers.” – Oregonian May 16, 2013 Full Review Oblivion (2013) 53% B- EDIT “It ends quite a bit doofier than it starts, but it's entertaining enough, and it is very, very pretty.” – Oregonian Apr 18, 2013 Full Review The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) 37% C EDIT “In its best moments, the movie approaches the mid-list success of the 2007 Will Ferrell vehicle "Blades of Glory."” – Oregonian Mar 14, 2013 Full Review The Sapphires (2012) 91% B+ EDIT “The movie unfolds in the uplifting manner you'd expect, but its real pleasures lie in its terrific '60s pop-soul soundtrack and especially in its frequently funny performances.” – Oregonian Feb 7, 2013 Full Review Identity Thief (2013) 20% D EDIT “I did not know I could yawn angrily. This movie somehow proved it possible.” – Oregonian Feb 7, 2013 Full Review Ginger & Rosa (2012) 78% A- EDIT “It's quietly brutal stuff, beautifully acted by Fanning, Englert, Christina Hendricks and a word-twisting Alessandro Nivola.” – Oregonian Feb 7, 2013 Full Review Warm Bodies (2013) 81% B- EDIT “It's got a big heart and high spirits on a low budget and actors who refuse to phone it in.” – Oregonian Jan 31, 2013 Full Review Broken City (2013) 26% C EDIT “A workmanlike drama with less-than-total command of its tone.” – Oregonian Jan 17, 2013 Full Review The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) 49% B- EDIT “Bella's still a bit of a blank, but at least now she's a bit of a blank with superpowers.” – Oregonian Nov 15, 2012 Full Review Chasing Mavericks (2012) 32% C+ EDIT “Never quite manages to feel like more than a surface-scraping, by-the-numbers sports flick.” – Oregonian Oct 25, 2012 Full Review Chicken With Plums (2011) 74% B EDIT “It's fascinating as an offbeat storytelling exercise.” – Oregonian Oct 4, 2012 Full Review
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