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Open House - François Ozon Lifts a Veil on Social Development
François Ozon’s slow-burn comic thriller is a sensitive observation of a global race-to-the-bottom that is devaluing culture in all of its varied forms.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-22-2013 |
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Jingo Pornnew
Olympus Has Fallen is the worst kind of exploitation as it marginalizes North Korea’s real-life despotism
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
04-18-2013 |
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Navel Gazing Through a Telescope: Terrence Malick’s Failed Experiment Leaves a Black Eye
Terrence Malick still hasn’t made a remarkable film since 1978. That was the year he made “Days of Heaven” — not to be confused with “Gates of Heaven.”
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-15-2013 |
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Menaces in the Machine The Modern Age Isn’t What It’s Cracked Up to Be
In an age where people obsess over their cellphones to the exclusion of the physical world around them, a dystopian malady takes over.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-10-2013 |
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Breaking the Chain of Racism: Jackie Robinson is Still in Play
Writer-director Brian Helgeland’s methodically balanced biopic about revered baseball legend Jackie Robinson manages a near-impossible feat of offering all things to all people. Baseball fans, civil rights followers, and casual filmgoers will be rewarded with a film that is equal parts history lesson and pure entertainment.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-08-2013 |
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Vague Leftovers — Robert Redford Shrink-Wraps Leftists Ideals
A movie in search of a story, this Robert Redford-directed flop has all the interest and suspense of a piece of burnt toast.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-01-2013 |
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Split Narrative: Derek Cianfrance Gets Pulled Apart
An unbalanced dual narrative plays out in Derek Cianfrance’s (“Blue Valentine”) unsteady attempt to extract universal truths about unintended legacies passed down from father to son.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
03-25-2013 |
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Oz the Great and Powerfulnew
Disney’s prequel to 'The Wizard of Oz' is neither great nor powerful
Orlando Weekly |
Cameron Meier |
03-07-2013 |
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Wickedly Adequate: Sam Raimi Makes Lemonade From Lemons
Coming nowhere near the level of dynamic storytelling of the original 1939 “Wizard of Oz” – are you surprised? - Sam Raimi’s prequel movie features enough charms to mitigate an ongoing draught of G and PG-rated family flicks.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
03-04-2013 |
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‘West of Memphis’new
New documentary is an interesting, if unoriginal, retelling of the West Memphis Three story.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Meyers |
03-01-2013 |
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Downed Submarine: Cold War Picture Sinks in the Deep
The cinematic offenses committed by the filmmakers of “Phantom” are varied and many.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-25-2013 |
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Losing to Japan: Kiarostami Falters
...no filmmaker is above making errors of judgment. Kiarostami makes a big one.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-18-2013 |
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'Beautiful Creatures' embraces "classic stupidity"new
There is exactly one fascinating line of dialog in writer-director Richard LaGravenese's faux gothic Beautiful Creatures.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
02-13-2013 |
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Michael Haneke's 'Amour' holds a mirror to Death's harrowing facenew
In Michael Haneke's Amour, Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) are an affectionate elderly French couple enjoying their twilight years in comfort.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
02-13-2013 |
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Breaking Soap — Southern Gothic Teen Romance Goes Camp
An imaginative adolescent gothic romance, “Beautiful Creatures” arrives with considerably more camp and intellectual humor than the “Twilight” franchise to which “Creatures” is sure to be compared.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-11-2013 |
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