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Twelve Years a Slave tells the story of one man's abduction into slaverynew
Uncomfortable as it may be, McQueen skips the history lesson and achieves a visceral experience that will surely be known as the definitive moral rendering of an era that should only be recalled with remorse and shame.
Charleston City Paper |
Tom Meek |
11-07-2013 |
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The Problem With Piratesnew
Sure, you probably know how 'Captain Phillips' ends, but the suspense holds up anyhow
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-17-2013 |
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Darkness at Disneynew
The downward spiral in Escape From Tomorrow doesn't pay off, but the film should still inspire new filmmakers.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
10-10-2013 |
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Blue is the Warmest Color: Banned in Boise?new
Blue is the Warmest Color is too good not to be seen. If only Idaho Code would allow it.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
10-09-2013 |
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Don Jon: Porn in the U.S.A.new
Rating: ***1/2
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
09-30-2013 |
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Afternoon Delightnew
The mother and the prostitute.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-06-2013 |
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Porn’s Pimping Price - Linda Boreman’s Story Gets a Muted Treatment
“Lovelace” [mostly] succeeds as a brief biopic of Linda Boreman, a middle-class girl from Florida who became a household name – via her porn appellation “Linda Lovelace” – for which she made only one film, “Deep Throat” (1972).
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-06-2013 |
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12 Months Too Long Com-Rom-Rom-Com Tests Your Patience
As a premise, a doomed marriage sounds like a no-brainer: you can pile on outrageous episodes of slapstick, physical comedy and biting wit. Unfortunately, "I Give It a Year" is a no-brainer.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-06-2013 |
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Time to Sue Your Real Estate Agentnew
The Conjuring is a somewhat frightening take on the standard family-stuck-in-a-haunted-house tale
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-26-2013 |
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Fruitvale Station speaks to post-Trayvon Martin Americanew
It's a sad state of affairs when movies like Fruitvale Station have to show everyone what they should know by now: Black people are people, too.
Unrepentant Cutthroats: Joshua Oppenheimer Leaks Indonesia’s Genocide
At once the most micro and meta combination of cinéma vérité, documentary, and docudrama filmmaking techniques ever assembled, Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing” is an earth-shattering cinematic experience.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-21-2013 |
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Ghost Story: James Wan Abandons Gore for Suspense
Since carving his name as a modern-horror director to be reckoned with, James Wan (“Saw” - 2006) has been moving steadily toward a less literal, more haunting, approach to the genre.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-15-2013 |
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Western Allegory Pop: How the West Was One
Perhaps more important than what Gore Verbinski’s gleefully postmodern Western isn’t, is what it is.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-08-2013 |
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The DC Crime Ring Eats Its Own — Hollywood Can’t Help Taking Notice
Copycat redundancies to the recent “Olympus Has Fallen” aside, “White House Down” is an unintentionally laughable action movie that wallows in involuntary cynicism about how America — or screenwriter James Vanderbilt at least — views the White House as the world’s biggest crime ring.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-24-2013 |
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Primer for Serial Killers — Slasher Pic Crosses the Red Line
An irredeemable exploitation horror movie that overplays its subjective point-of-view conceit, “Maniac” will leave viewers cold.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-17-2013 |
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