Movie Review: The Grandmaster is a muddled beauty

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION With all due respect to Wong Kar-wai, this film felt incoherent at times on the whole. Bits... Read More »

Movie Review: Is The Spectacular Now really so spectacular?

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION The Spectacular Now is the first film I’ve seen involving James Ponsoldt, but definitely will not be... Read More »

Movie Review: The Lifeguard is a painful drowning

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION The Lifeguard suffers in many areas and for Liz W. Garcia it starts with her script and... Read More »

Movie Review: Stories We Tell is fascinating

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell is an interesting documentary with a unique approach that is sure to... Read More »

Movie Review: You’re Next is a clever thriller

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett have worked together before in the V/H/S series, and with Barrett writing... Read More »

Movie Review: Is Blue Jasmine another Woody Allen gem?

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION If you’re familiar with Woody Allen films, you’ll know exactly what to expect.  If not, you’ll be... Read More »

Movie Review: The Frozen Ground features surprising performances

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Scott Walker in his full-length feature debut does a pretty good job bring a crime-drama thriller that... Read More »

Movie Review: The World’s End is amazing end to Cornetto trilogy

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Edgar Wright and company have ended the Cornetto trilogy in an amazing way with The World’s End.... Read More »

Movie Review: Lee Daniels’ The Butler misses the mark

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Lee Daniels burst onto the scene with 2009’s Oscar-nominated Precious before taking a step back with last... Read More »

Movie Review: Prince Avalanche explores a unique friendship

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION This is a huge step in the right direction for David Gordon Green who has dipped after... Read More »

Movie Review: Kick-Ass 2, Jim Carrey is wrong

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Jeff Wadlow’s Kick-Ass 2 has a lot of similarities to Matthew Vaughn’s 2010 film, Kick-Ass in terms... Read More »

Movie Review: Planes has fun visuals that soar

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Planes was intended to be a straight to VOD film before Disney execs decided to turn it... Read More »

Movie Review: Lovelace bares it all with grim reality

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s direction for Lovelace is pretty interesting in the take on a story... Read More »

Movie Review: Elysium has fun action but lacks in script

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION When a movie is written and directed by the same person it usually translates to the screen... Read More »

Movie Review: Drinking Buddies orders a round of complicated relationships

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Drinking Buddies is one of the more incredibly realistic takes on relationships and it achieves this through... Read More »

Movie Review: Europa Report is a realistic approach to science fiction

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Sebastián Cordero does a pretty good job here with an interesting and realistic approach to space exploration... Read More »

Movie Review: Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg make 2 Guns watchable

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION 2 Guns is a perfect example of a movie taking a paint-by-numbers approach; a movie that isn’t... Read More »

Movie Review: Upstream Color is ambiguous yet really beautiful

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Shane Carruth, who not only directed Upstream Color but also did the editing, cinematography, male lead, and... Read More »

Movie Review: The Way, Way Back is incredibly moving

• 7 years ago
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DIRECTION Well to start, The Way, Way Back is one of the best films so far in 2013.... Read More »

Movie Review: Only God Forgives is dark and lacking

• 8 years ago
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DIRECTION In terms of style, Only God Forgives is pretty great. It’s very similar to Nicolas Winding Refn’s... Read More »