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Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Friday, September 12, 2014

Middling "Lone Survivor" Disappoints Despite Great Craftsmanship

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The actors in Lone Survivor  do some heavy lifting to make up for thin characterizations. Given the fact that director Peter Berg got ...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Larson Makes a Play for Leading Lady Status in Magnificent "Short Term 12"

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Brie Larson shows what she's capable of in Short Term 12 . Short Term 12  is one of those indie darlings you hear about during Osc...
Friday, July 4, 2014

Processing "The Croods," "Frankweenie" and "Frozen" as a New Dad

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The Croods plays like your typical DreamWorks Animation film. Film criticism is not a science. We can try all we want to be objecti...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

"This Is The End" and "The World's End" Provide Distinct Pleasures, Despite Similar Topics and Uninspiring Finales

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This Is the End features comedy actors playing themselves with the narcissism dialed up to 11. It’s funny how often two extremely simi...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Jake Gyllenhaal Shines in Thought-Provoking "Prisoners"

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Jake Gyllenhaal brings the intensity in Prisoners . Although commercials made it seem like a variation on the Taken formula, Prisoners...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

"Dallas Buyers Club" and "Mud" Justify the McConaissaince

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It's that damn McConaughey. He's so hot right now! Considering Matthew McConaughey’s recent Oscar win, the fervor surrounding ...
Friday, February 21, 2014

"Out of the Furnace" and "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" Squander Strengths by Overreaching

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Despite it's drawbacks, there is a palpable emotional undercurrent to Out of the Furnace, largely due to Bale's stellar performan...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Linklater Deepens Cinema’s Greatest Romance With Trilogy-Capping “Before Midnight”

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After showcasing Vienna and Paris in the first two films, Before Midnight takes place in Greece. Every movie fan has more than a few fi...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

McQueen Delivers With the Harrowing "12 Years A Slave"

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12 Years A Slave has a number of squirm-inducing long takes. Just a year after Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained ( reviewed here )...