Out in Theaters: DECODING ANNIE PARKER
Bernstein works the movie like a circus clown, loading suckerpunch after suckerpunch into his cinematic cannon, but they strike with dull thuds. His pleads for heartbreak hardly break a sweat;…
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Restored and Revisited: Godzilla (1954) Celebrates 60 Years
As a metaphor for WWII-era America, the beastly, thoughtless rampager seems less a condemnation of Japan's former enemies than an admission of invitation. Honda's is a film that doesn't place…
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Out in Theaters: BRICK MANSIONS
It's a ton of fun, if your idea of fun is wasting an hour and thirty minutes of your life. Brick tries out a few jokes here and there -…
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Documentary Dossier: JODOROWSKY’S DUNE
Jodorowsky raped my mind. And I loved it. Yeah. Or maybe that’s just the Stockholm Syndrome talking.
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Out in Theaters: JOE
Shouldering the picture, Poulter, Blevins, Cage and Sheridan are the savior of Green's view of a broke down suburban hell hole. If only they weren't always forced into such sketchy…
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Out in Theaters: TRANSCENDENCE
Plot mechanics are omnipresent and omnipotent until the script demands it not so, characters unfold incompatible reveals without satisfying explanation, and by the end... well it's hard to even say…
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Out in Theaters: DOM HEMINGWAY
As Shepard weaves the character of a bygone criminal braggart into a head-hanging old fool "alone and full of regret", the bittersweet lark loses its bite. But I guess that's…
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Out in Theaters: OCULUS
Oculus does for mirrors what Hitchcock did for showers. We're not afraid of them, they're just a little creepier now.
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Out in Theaters: DRAFT DAY
As the clock hits zero, Draft Day will likely go down as the year’s best sports movie. Though non-football fans might find it a hard pill to swallow, the elements…
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Out in Theaters: UNDER THE SKIN
But even when you're inevitably scratching your head as the credits roll, the repeated vignette of Johansson's stripping down the runway will prove burned in your mind's eye, captivating and…