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'The Hobbit', a less unexpected journey than you might thinknew
If there's one word that describes The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey it's "more." More action. More digital effects. More characters. More background exposition.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
12-13-2012 |
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The Fitzgerald Family Christmasnew
Ed Burns writes, directs and stars in a holiday tale of forgiveness and grace.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
12-12-2012 |
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A Documentary Explores the Peculiar Visual Fictions of Photographer Gregory Crewsdsonnew
review of doc about Crewdson
Hartford Advocate |
John Adamian |
12-06-2012 |
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Hitchcock is less about birds, more about the man — and the woman behind himnew
Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, based on the lauded 1990 book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, might've been somewhat better served if, while plumbing its source material for story arc and character beats, its crafters had just gone ahead and borrowed the title, as well.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
12-05-2012 |
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Surviving sobriety in Smashednew
A less naïve viewer (than myself) might readily see Smashed for what it is: a vehicle for an ambitious young talent to escape the straitjacket of typecasting. This is Mary Elizabeth Winstead's movie, and she's a charmer.
Limits of Respect: Massaging FDR Pays Modest Dividends
If only we could see Bill Murray’s FDR hanging out with Daniel Day Lewis’s Lincoln, then there might be…well, another mediocre life-slice movie about dead presidents.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
12-03-2012 |
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Anna Kareninanew
From Russia with love.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
11-30-2012 |
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Tags: Leo Tolstoy
Life of Pi's success is visual, rather than dramaticnew
You will not see a better looking film this year. But you will undoubtedly see better films.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey Meyer |
11-28-2012 |
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Killing Them Softly is a hitman allegory about the Great Recessionnew
Killing Them Softly, the new crime caper thriller from writer/director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford), is set in 2008, during the height of the panic over the U.S. financial collapse and the run-up to Barack Obama's election. I mention this because you might miss that crucial bit of subtext if you're not paying close attention to the excerpts from Obama's election-night speech that are included during the jaggedly edited opening sequence. Or during the centerpiece heist sequence. Or five minutes later when someone has the car radio on. Or pretty much every time anyone in this movie is listening to a radio or watching a television.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
11-28-2012 |
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Tags: Killing Them Softly
Bankers’ Penalty Andrew Dominik’s One-Movie Revolution Comes Calling
One of the ten best films of 2012, Andrew Dominik’s cold-blooded satire of American corporate-political-capitalism cuts through its subject like a freshly sharpened guillotine blade.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
11-26-2012 |
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Silver Linings Playbook is more than a rom-comnew
The most surprising thing about Silver Linings Playbook is how relentlessly funny it is. The laughs arise with organic force, triggering that slightly out-of-control quality that manifests in genuine fits of hysteria.
Can I Have This Dance?new
Life requires a bit of choreography. Some of us just take a little longer to learn the moves.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
11-21-2012 |
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Life of Pi worth examiningnew
Rating: ***1/2
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
11-21-2012 |
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Tags: Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Ang Lee's Life of Pi is more of a spectacle than a storynew
The credits introduce us to the title character's lush home, an Indian zoo run by his family. His mother is a spiritualist, while his father preaches the importance of science and tough love.
Charleston City Paper |
Jake Mulligan |
11-21-2012 |
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