Reviews
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‘About Alex’ Review: An Intentionally Generation-Defining Drama That Doesn’t Dig Deep Enough
Jami Saunders/Screen Media Films If About Alex seems a little too much like an unofficial remake of The Big Chill, that’s the point. The drama centers…
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‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’ Review: Amazing Food and an Overcooked Plot
Walt Disney In the middle of a busy Indian marketplace, a young boy steals a taste of a coveted sea urchin. The way he closes…
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‘Black Mountain Side’ Review: The Men, The Snow and the Thing in Them Both
Fantasia 2014 Fantasia International Film Festival 2014 runs July 17 to August 6. Follow all of our coverage here. The Taiga Cordillera is a big and…
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‘WolfCop’ Review Fantasia 2014: Snark As Muddled and Muzzled As Its Bite
Fantasia 2014 Fantasia International Film Festival 2014 runs July 17 to August 6. Follow all of our coverage here. Lou Garou (Leo Fafard) is a bad…
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‘The Almost Man’ Review: Like Judd Apatow, But From Norway
Big World Pictures Henrik (Henrik Rafaelson) likes to play pretend. He likes to yell made-up stories in the grocery store (loudly and often of the shockingly…
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‘Get on Up’ Review: Chadwick Boseman Finds the Funk, But Choppy Narrative Loses the Beat
Universal Pictures Tate Taylor’s Get on Up starts off with a literal bang. We first meet James Brown (as portrayed by Chadwick Boseman) while he…
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‘Creep’ Review: Mark Duplass Is the Wolf at His Own Door
We’ve all been there. Up late perusing Craigslist you come across a request for something you’re pretty sure you can do for the money…
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‘Calvary’ Review: Brendan Gleeson and a Triumph of Gallows Humor and Social Commentary
Fox Searchlight Pictures Calvary. The place of the skull, wound through Latin into English from the ancient Aramaic name Golgotha. This is the place, outside…
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‘Child of God’ Review: Broken Taboos and a Powerful Lead Performance
Well Go USA Entertainment Early on, Child of God signals to you how it’s going to go about its business. Main character Lester Ballard (Scott…