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Probably hates your favorite movie. Since 2012.

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In-depth film reviews, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.

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Out in Theaters: CHEF

Out in Theaters: CHEF

Hoffman's suit of a boss likens Casper to a Rolling Stones show; "Imagine if you paid for a ticket and they didn't play Satisfation?" Well, Favreau's film slyly retorts, had…

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Out in Theaters: THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2

Out in Theaters: THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2

Even set to the background noise of Webb and Garfield pondering leaving the series sooner rather than later, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 does move the puck forward a significant amount,…

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Out in Theaters: DECODING ANNIE PARKER

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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Out in Theaters: BRICK MANSIONS

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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Out in Theaters: JOE

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

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

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

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.