Out in Theaters: THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY
With more in common with the films of the 1960s than the films of 2014, The Two Faces of January has a tendency to turn the pot to a low…
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Out in Theaters: LILTING
By the end I felt like I was in 7th grade again, just trying to figure out where a simple měiguó rén might fit in all this confusion. Though Khaou’s…
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Out in Theaters: THE BOXTROLLS
But that's because this time around, Laika has moved the focus onto the characters, who look better realized than ever before. They're much less choppy, almost to the point of…
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Out in Theaters: A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES
With easy humor courtesy of Neeson's growled quips, well-directed drizzly dramatics and a thick air of hardboiled, gloomy atmospherics, A Walk Among The Tombstones brings to life the aged marvel…
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Out in Theaters: TUSK
As effective as any high dosage caffeine pill, Tusk is a wildly original, tonally inconsistent, totally appalling smorgasbord of nightmare fuel that won't soon stop haunting me. Smith and Kurtzman's…
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Out in Theaters: HONEYMOON
Perhaps that's her intent after all, to show us something beautiful only to take it away, leaving tatters and fragments of what it meant to be able to connect with…
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Out in Theaters: AS ABOVE/SO BELOW
This first film in Legendary's distribution deal with Universal is unfortunately not off to a promising start - with only $470,000 from 1,805 theaters during its opening night showing -…
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Out in Theaters: LOVE IS STRANGE
Beneath Sachs' caring direction is a wealth of production touches to love, from the handsome set design to the cutting piano sonatas. Susan Jacob's classical musical selection is soft and…
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Out in Theaters: THE GIVER
As Bridges gives a quietly devastating performance as the eponymous character, The Giver tip-toes to the finish as an occasionally whopping crowd-pleaser. Noyce's is a direly decorated dystopia sans the…
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Out in Theaters: MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT
Dissecting Woody's latest is easier than scalpelling apart a frog. The three acts are built on loose seams, as easily identifiable as cheap Indonesian jeans. And though they might fit…