Out in Theaters: NEBRASKA
Rolling sharp comedy and painstaking commentary into one is no easy task, but it's one that Payne has all but mastered. Nebraska may not be as biting and manic as…
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Out In Theaters: DELIVERY MAN
In the end, Delivery Man doesn’t quite have the comedic chops to be a great comedy, nor does it have the dramatic chops to be a great dramedy. And that…
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2013 Graded A+ To F
From A+ to F, the best and worst of 2013 (ranked by grade.)Her A+12 Years a Slave A+Before Midnight A+Dallas Buyers Club A+Lone Survivor A+ All is Lost ACaptain Phillips A Fruitvale Station AWhat Maisie Knew AThis is the End AOnly God Forgives A Inside Llewyn Davis A-The Hunt A-Out of the Furnace A-Nebraska A-Prisoners...
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2013 Latest Grades For Quick Scanning Grade Surfers
The latest full reviews for your reading pleasure. This Month: Inside Llewyn Davis A-Saving Mr. Banks C+ The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug C-Her A+Out of the Furance A-Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom D+ November: Frozen B+Philomena BNebraska A-The Hunger Games: Catching Fire C+Best Man Holiday D+ (Kyle)Blue is the Warmest Color C+The Book Thief...
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Out in Theaters: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
Finally, fans of the source material will have little to complain about since the book is adapted to the T. But when all is said and done, it's just not…
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Weekly Review 33: AFTER, FILM, HOST, STUFF, IMPOSTER, THELMA
I managed to get a lot of home watching in this week as there wasn’t a ton of screenings I had to attend with The Book Thief being the only film I saw in theaters, and while it had a lot going for it, was ultimately let down by clumsy melodrama. I also published my...
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Out In Theaters: THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY
I know I’m repeating myself here, but there is really so little about this film that isn’t surface and contrived. If there were more to warrant a merit-based discussion, this…
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Out in Theaters: BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
Despite how fleshed out Adèle, Emma, and their relationship are, we still only need to know them so well to get the message and three hours gives us a much…
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Out in Theaters: THE BOOK THIEF
Closing the book on this slipshod endeavor, The Book Thief is a film divided against itself. There are many elements of the film deserving of love but director Brian Percival…
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Weekly Review 32: IN A WORLD, DEAR ZACHARY, SOMM, 21 AND OVER
After an extremely busy week at the theater that saw reviews for Thor: The Dark World, Diana, and Dallas Buyers Club and screenings of Nebraska and Philomena – which I’ll write about next week – I got busy with some more at-home viewings, catching up with a couple of flicks from 2013 that had previously swooped...