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3.5/5
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Violent Night
(2022)
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Jeff Nelson
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Violent Night is a jolly good time wrapped in glorious barbarity.
Posted Dec 03, 2022
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3.5/5
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Sick
(2022)
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Jeff Nelson
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Sick is a white-knuckle thrill ride with no shortage of adrenaline-pumping suspense.
Posted Oct 26, 2022
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4.5/5
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No Time to Die
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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No Time to Die is utterly cinematic. It's strong storytelling with big action set pieces that will leave you breathless...No Time to Die sets its sights on giving Craig's Bond era the goodbye it deserves.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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2.5/5
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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There are some great moments sprinkled throughout the movie, but it simply tries to do too much within its short 90-minute runtime.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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1/5
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Dear Evan Hansen
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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Dear Evan Hansen has an outdated perception of anxiety, depression, and suicide. It's shocking that this movie even got the green-light in this day and age. Dear Evan Hansen is manipulative, loathsome, and insulting.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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3/5
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye is proof that Chastain is one of the best actors working in Hollywood today.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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1.5/5
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Annette
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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The film often goes out of its way to avoid the audience ever forming any emotional connection with its story or its characters. Annette is a hard slog of pretentious and tedious storytelling.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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2/5
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Don't Breathe 2
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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Don't Breathe 2 won't have you holding your breath like the last one did.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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3/5
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Jungle Cruise
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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Jungle Cruise is passable light-hearted family entertainment.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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3/5
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Old
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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Old delivers on its buildup of tension, although it struggles to engage on a dramatic level.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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3/5
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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is entertaining, albeit flawed.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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4.5/5
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Pig
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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Pig is the type of controlled and elevated drama that sticks with you.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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2/5
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The Forever Purge
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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The Forever Purge broke some of its own rules in the same way that it breaks the rules of the Purge itself.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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2.5/5
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Black Widow
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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After fans have been waiting so long for Black Widow to get a solo film, it feels like a bit of a letdown for her to get overshadowed by a new character in her own film.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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3.5/5
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Zola
(2020)
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Jeff Nelson
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Paige and Keough are both stand-outs with how they handle the dramatic elements and the story's sense of humor. Even with its blemishes, Zola is wildly entertaining.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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3.5/5
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Luca
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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Luca is a sweet and lighthearted delight that will bring you back to the days of summer vacation and childhood friendship.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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4/5
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In the Heights
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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In the Heights is a musical dream that hits just right for the upcoming summer season.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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3/5
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Censor
(2021)
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Jeff Nelson
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Censor is a solid debut from Bailey-Bond. It feels like an arthouse B-movie that embraces both parts of its identity through its captivating visuals, immersive score, and strong performance from Algar.
Posted Feb 12, 2022
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1.5/5
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Shadows and Lies
(2010)
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Jason Bailey
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Anania seems to have directed his actors to contemplate and reflect on every thing they say, before and after they say it, so they're up there doing all this damned acting, and we're checking our watches.
Posted Jun 29, 2020
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4/5
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Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
(2002)
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Aaron Beierle
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A few flat jokes on topics covered a bit too much already aside, Williams is in top form here, riffing on a series of topics and coming up with some unexpectedly hilarious gags.
Posted Aug 06, 2019
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3.5/5
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Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me
(2009)
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Jason Bailey
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Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me is the funniest stand-up special in many a moon, an uproariously enjoyable performance by one of our most gifted and irreverent comediennes.
Posted Aug 02, 2019
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Nick Swardson: Seriously, Who Farted?
(2009)
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Jason Bailey
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Swardson, as a comic personality, is funnier than his middling material.
Posted Aug 01, 2019
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Bob Saget: That's What I'm Talkin' About
(2013)
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Bill Gibron
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Those who know what to expect will gladly soak up Saget's scat. Everyone else will see it as shock for shock's sake, nothing more.
Posted Aug 01, 2019
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4/5
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Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger
(2008)
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Jason Bailey
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Rock tackles a number of subjects here, both new and old, but he makes the greatest hay out of the then-upcoming presidential election. This is a bit of a mixed blessing... though most is funny enough that it doesn't matter.
Posted Jul 31, 2019
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3/5
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Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy
(2013)
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Ryan Keefer
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It has its moments, but he seems to be another in a line of comedians who does work exclusively for his fans
Posted Jul 26, 2019
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Jim Gaffigan - King Baby
(2008)
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Jason Bailey
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His act is smart and relatable, while his eschewing of profanity and adult topics is certainly a plus for some viewers.
Posted Jul 26, 2019
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5/5
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Nashville
(1975)
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Stuart Galbraith
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Robert Altman's Nashville, one of the best films of the 1970s, is a divisive, inarguably indulgent film, but also one uniquely experimental and prophetic.
Posted Nov 20, 2018
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3.5/5
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X-Men
(2000)
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Geoffrey Kleinman
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What makes X-men an enjoyable film is the really fine work from many of the actors.
Posted Oct 30, 2018
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4/5
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Grey Gardens
(2009)
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Jason Bailey
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I was stunned by the uncanny accuracy of the scenes related to that original film; the set and prop reproductions, the re-enactment of scenes from the documentary, and the make-up and costuming of Barrymore and Lange is simply stunning.
Posted Jul 25, 2018
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3/5
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Where Eagles Dare
(1969)
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Jason Bailey
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As with Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare pulls itself together best in its third act
Posted Jul 08, 2017
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Dead Again
(1991)
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Jason Bailey
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His film is both a good mystery movie and a good movie-movie; its sheer "movieness" is what gives the picture its kick. As his career progressed, Branagh may very well have made better films than 'Dead Again.' But he never made another one this fun.
Posted Sep 03, 2016
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Imperium
(2016)
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Jason Bailey
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The primary accomplishment of 'Imperium,' an otherwise middling undercover fed movie, is to remind us there are as many styles of racists as there are, well, colors in the rainbow.
Posted Aug 19, 2016
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4/5
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Who Is Henry Jaglom?
(1996)
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Stuart Galbraith
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Whether you love or loathe Jaglom's movies or have yet to test the waters, Who Is Henry Jaglom? is a hugely entertaining documentary that serves as a good introduction to the filmmaker and his methods.
Posted Aug 10, 2016
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Mr. Right
(2015)
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Jason Bailey
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"I wanna do something terrible!" Kendrick announces early in the film, and she at least did that - she did 'Mr. Right.'
Posted Jul 09, 2016
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Free State of Jones
(2016)
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Jason Bailey
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'Free State of Jones' is, on a surface level, perfectly acceptable: handsomely mounted, reasonably well-executed, sensitively acted. But at the service of what?
Posted Jun 24, 2016
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Enough Said
(2013)
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Jason Bailey
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On its own, 'Enough Said' is a sweet and charming little movie - but there's no question the loss of its beloved leading man lends the picture extra, unexpected pathos.
Posted Jun 19, 2016
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Howard the Duck
(1986)
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Jason Bailey
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The first big-screen adaptation of a Marvel comic book makes their subsequent films seem like the flowers that bloom beneath a heavy load of dense fertilizer.
Posted Jun 18, 2016
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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
(2016)
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Jason Bailey
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The Lonely Island's 'Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping' feels very much like an 86-minute 'SNL' Digital Short, which is both a compliment and a complaint.
Posted Jun 06, 2016
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
(2015)
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Jason Bailey
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Several thrilling action sequences, a great many good jokes, and an unshakable sense that everybody is just going through the paces.
Posted May 28, 2016
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The Hunter
(2011)
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Jason Bailey
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It's a character study, for the most part, allowing the complications and relationships to puncture the narrative only when they have finally penetrated the man.
Posted Apr 09, 2016
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Virginia
(2010)
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Jason Bailey
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It's a hard picture to pin down--it has the raw materials for a big, dumb farce, but it stakes out a claim in altogether more interesting territory.
Posted Apr 09, 2016
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Derailroaded
(2005)
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Bill Gibron
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While heartbreaking and indirectly depressing, Derailroaded: Inside the Mind of Larry "Wild Man" Fischer is also a very fine documentary indeed.
Posted Jan 04, 2016
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2.5/5
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Jupiter Ascending
(2015)
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Jamie S. Rich
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Jupiter Ascending is them making a big-screen, live-action bouillabaisse of all the Japanese cartoons they adore and having a grand old time.
Posted Feb 05, 2015
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4/5
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Leviathan
(2014)
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Jamie S. Rich
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Zvyagintsev is more concerned with letting his audience settle into the lives of his characters than he is the more conventional happenings of the script outline.
Posted Jan 29, 2015
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2.5/5
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Still Alice
(2014)
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Jamie S. Rich
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Visually, Still Alice is indistinct and bland; as writing, it's predictable and shallow...essentially a Lifetime Channel disease-of-the-week movie with a better vocabulary.
Posted Jan 29, 2015
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1.5/5
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Blackhat
(2015)
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Jamie S. Rich
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You have to pity poor Chris Hemsworth. He looks like he's trying really hard and taking all of this talk of intrigue and data very seriously, but so serious that he appears silly.
Posted Jan 15, 2015
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2.5/5
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American Sniper
(2014)
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Jamie S. Rich
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Eastwood handles human emotion in American Sniper with all the subtlety of a bear trap, and you'll end up wishing he'd just stop stepping in it.
Posted Jan 15, 2015
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4/5
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Inherent Vice
(2014)
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Jamie S. Rich
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Anderson's strength is in managing to be both hyper-real and surreal at the same time...Which you could say is the real satirical genius of Inherent Vice.
Posted Jan 07, 2015
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2.5/5
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A Most Violent Year
(2014)
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Jamie S. Rich
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J.C. Chandor is his own worst enemy here, seemingly confounded by the film's message--or perhaps too beholden to it--and unable to play dirty when it's required.
Posted Dec 30, 2014
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3/5
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Into the Woods
(2014)
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Jamie S. Rich
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It's light and airy to watch, but still somehow too much. Soulless and frenzied, and yet still kind of effortlessly entertaining.
Posted Dec 23, 2014
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